The city of Waco, TX (76712) is the home of some political activity. It is the county seat for McLennan County and is represented by Congressmen Bill Flores (R-TX). The state legislature for this area consists of Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) and Rep. Charles Anderson (R-Waco). Waco has also seen some local level action with three mayoral candidates vying for the office last year. These candidates included Austin Chambers, George Mixon, and Randall Siegel. All three had different platforms and agendas but ultimately it was Chambers who won the election. Although there are differing opinions on how each candidate would have best served the city, Austin Chambers has been able to bring some positive changes since his election a year ago, such as investing in new infrastructure projects and creating a more vibrant economy for citizens to take part in.
The political climate in Zip 76712 (Waco, TX) is moderately 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 76712 (Waco, TX) is moderately conservative.
Waco, Texas is moderately 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 76712 (Waco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,168 contributions totaling $103,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 739 contributions totaling $133,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)