The city of Waxahachie, TX (75167) is located in Ellis County. The City Council has seven members, including the Mayor, who are elected for two-year terms by the citizens of the city. The City is governed by a Home Rule Charter which provides citizens with more local control over government and services than is available in other Texas cities. Residents of the city vote on local ballot measures and have the ability to initiate referendums to determine public opinion regarding local issues. Residents can get involved in political activities such as attending town hall meetings or supporting campaigns for local candidates. With its rich history and vibrant community spirit, politics in Waxahachie continues to be an important part of life for many of its residents.
The political climate in Zip 75167 (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 75167 (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 75167 (Waxahachie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 545 contributions totaling $28,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $36,522 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)