Politics in 76704 Waco, TX are heavily influenced by statewide and national politics. As such, local residents tend to lean towards either the Republican or Democratic party. There are a few local candidates running for office in 76704, but most of them are running for state or national offices. For example, state representatives, senators, and congresspersons from Waco might be running in 76704. Local voters will often support their preferred candidate or ballot measure and turnout for elections tends to be higher than many other areas of the state. Elections also tend to be influenced by popular opinion on various issues such as healthcare, education reform, taxes, and immigration policy. During election season there is usually a high degree of political debate and discussion among the citizens of 76704 Waco, TX.
The political climate in Zip 76704 (Waco, TX) is leaning 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 76704 (Waco, TX) is leaning conservative.
Waco, Texas is leaning 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 76704 (Waco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)