Lancaster, TX is a small city located in Dallas County with a population of around 36,000. It is known for its tight-knit community and vibrant culture. The politics in Lancaster are largely based on traditional values and beliefs. The City of Lancaster is led by a mayor and five council members who are all elected officials. The major political parties represented in the city are Democrats and Republicans, although there are many independent candidates as well. Issues such as economic development, public safety, environmental protection, education, and healthcare are all addressed within the city government. Local elections take place every two years in May where voters get to choose their favorite candidate to represent them at the local government level. In addition to this, residents of Lancaster can also participate in state and federal elections to help shape the future of their city.
The political climate in Zip 75134 (Lancaster, TX) is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75134 (Lancaster, TX) is strongly liberal.
Lancaster, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lancaster, Texas: r r D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 75134 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $2,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)