The city of Leander, TX 78641 is a small city located in Central Texas, about 30 miles northwest of Austin. The city has a population of around 50,000 people and is the home to many businesses and organizations. Politically, the city is represented by the 26th District in the Texas House of Representatives, which includes parts of Williamson and Travis Counties. The current representative is Republican Tony Dale who was re-elected in 2020 for his fourth term. In addition to the state representatives, Leander also has two City Council Members that are elected each year on a nonpartisan basis. These members serve four-year terms and oversee all municipal operations including budgeting, planning, public safety, and infrastructure development. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues affecting Leander's citizens and to determine what policies should be implemented to best serve them.
The political climate in Zip 78641 (Leander, TX) is leaning conservative.
Williamson County, TX is leaning liberal. In Williamson County, TX 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.2%.
Williamson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78641 (Leander, TX) is leaning conservative.
Leander, Texas is leaning conservative.
Williamson County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Leander, Texas: R R R R r 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 78641 (Leander)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,375 contributions totaling $147,882 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 761 contributions totaling $258,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)