The politics in 78724 Austin, TX are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. The Texas state legislature has a majority of Democrats, and this reflects in the district's politics. In addition to voting for state representatives and senators, voters in 78724 participate in various local political races. This includes electing members of school boards, city councils, and county commissions. Political issues that face residents include public education funding, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, social services access, economic development and taxation. Local elections often provide an opportunity to speak directly to representatives about these issues and to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 78724 (Austin, TX) is strongly liberal.
Travis County, TX is very liberal. In Travis County, TX 71.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Travis county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.4% to 26.4%.
Travis county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78724 (Austin, TX) is strongly liberal.
Austin, Texas is strongly liberal.
Travis County, Texas is very liberal.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly 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.
Austin, Texas: r D D D D D
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 78724 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 339 contributions totaling $20,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $12,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)