The city of Waxahachie, TX is located in Ellis County and has a population of over 40,000 people. It is a vibrant city with many things to offer, including local politics. In Waxahachie, the city government is led by the mayor and councilmembers. The mayor is elected every two years and is the chief executive officer of the city. There are six members on the City Council who are also elected by citizens at large for two-year terms. Currently, Mayor Kevin Strength leads the city with Councilmembers David Hillstead, Shawn Terry, Davin Sparks, Jessica Taylor and Allen Coffey serving alongside him. Overseeing all aspects of governance in Waxahachie, these individuals strive to ensure that the citizens are well taken care of while they work together to shape a better tomorrow for their community.
The political climate in Zip 75165 (Waxahachie, TX) is strongly conservative.
Ellis County, TX is very conservative. In Ellis County, TX 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75165 (Waxahachie, TX) is strongly conservative.
Waxahachie, Texas is strongly conservative.
Ellis County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Waxahachie, 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 75165 (Waxahachie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 980 contributions totaling $48,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 455 contributions totaling $115,468 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)