The city of Waco, TX 76706 is politically active with a variety of local organizations and initiatives running campaigns in the area. In recent years, many of these groups have come together to promote better representation for citizens of Waco in a variety of forms. The most prominent political issue in the area is voter turnout - it has been consistently low throughout recent elections, and many organizations are working to get more people out to the polls. Additionally, there are several candidates that are running for local offices, including representatives from both political parties. These candidates have been actively campaigning around town in order to make their case as to why they should be elected. This helps create a vibrant political environment where citizens can get involved and have their voices heard on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 76706 (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 76706 (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 76706 (Waco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $7,727 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $18,233 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)