The city of Waco, TX, in zip code 76701, is a bustling community in central Texas. It is home to Baylor University and the Dr Pepper Museum. Politically, the city leans toward the Democratic Party. In 2020, Waco citizens overwhelmingly voted for Joe Biden in the Presidential election. The Mayor of the City of Waco is Dillon Meek, who was elected in 2020 after running on a platform of economic development and social justice initiatives. The Waco City Council is composed of six members who are each elected to two-year terms and serve on various committees that oversee different aspects of local governance. They focus on issues such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure maintenance. The Waco Independent School District Board of Education also plays an important role in local politics by setting policies related to curriculum and budgeting.
The political climate in Zip 76701 (Waco, TX) is somewhat conservative.
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative. In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76701 (Waco, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Waco, Texas is somewhat conservative.
McLennan County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly 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.
Waco, 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 76701 (Waco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $7,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $18,870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $726 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)