The politics in 75071 McKinney, TX are reflective of the broader state and national trends. At the local level, this area is represented by Republican John Ratcliffe in the 4th Congressional District, who is a strong proponent of smaller government and fiscal responsibility. Additionally, at the Texas State Legislature, Senate District 8 is represented by Representative Van Taylor (R) and House Distrct 33 is represented by Representative Jeff Leach (R). Voters here have consistently favored conservative values when electing their representatives to higher office. The residents of 75071 can also be found making their voices heard on various local issues that impact their lives directly such as taxes, education and infrastructure improvement projects.
The political climate in Zip 75071 (McKinney, TX) is leaning conservative.
Collin County, TX is leaning conservative. In Collin County, TX 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collin county remained Republican, 51.3% to 46.9%.
Collin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75071 (McKinney, TX) is leaning conservative.
McKinney, Texas is leaning conservative.
Collin County, Texas is leaning conservative.
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.
McKinney, Texas: R R R R R r
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 75071 (McKinney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 922 contributions totaling $58,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 831 contributions totaling $145,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)