The politics in Plano, TX are quite diverse, as the city is home to over 288,000 residents from many different backgrounds and cultures. Plano is part of the 26th congressional district and is represented by Michael Burgess in the United States House of Representatives. Additionally, the city is a part of two Texas Senate Districts, 8 and 22. In these districts, voters can choose between Angela Paxton and Nathan Johnson for the state senate. The local government consists of seven members on City Council who are elected at-large by registered voters within Plano’s boundaries. All council members serve four-year terms that are staggered so that three or four are up for election every two years. Currently, Mayor Harry LaRosiliere serves as mayor of Plano, while all seven council members represent a portion of each district within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 75023 (Plano, 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 75023 (Plano, TX) is leaning conservative.
Plano, 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.
Plano, 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 75023 (Plano)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,912 contributions totaling $109,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 860 contributions totaling $2,118,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)