76501 Temple, TX is a small city located in Bell County in Central Texas. The city has a rich political history and has been home to many influential people in the world of politics. It is currently governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the City Council having seven members elected at large by the citizens of Temple. The current mayor is Tim Davis, who was first elected in 2016. Local candidates running for office are often supported by local businesses and organizations that have an interest in promoting the wellbeing of the community and its citizens. Through their platform and support, these candidates help to ensure that residents of this City are informed on the issues that affect them and have access to reliable information about their various options when it comes to making decisions about their town's future.
The political climate in Zip 76501 (Temple, TX) is leaning conservative.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76501 (Temple, TX) is leaning conservative.
Temple, Texas is leaning conservative.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Temple, 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 76501 (Temple)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 331 contributions totaling $13,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 223 contributions totaling $35,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)