76691 West, TX is a small town with a population of around 1,500 people. The political climate in the area is largely influenced by its close proximity to larger cities such as Dallas and Austin. It is represented in the Texas State Senate by Senator Ted Cruz and in the Texas House of Representatives by Representative John Ratcliffe. Local elections regularly feature candidates from both major parties, though Republican candidates tend to dominate the area. The town is known for its strong conservative values, which are reflected in its elected representatives. As such, many local issues revolve around topics such as taxation, immigration and gun rights. In addition, 76691 West often takes part in statewide initiatives affecting education standards and healthcare access. Overall, 76691 West is an active participant in the political process of Texas.
The political climate in Zip 76691 (West, 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 76691 (West, TX) is moderately conservative.
West, 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.
West, 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 76691 (West)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $3,134 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)