Denton, TX is a city located in Denton County and is considered part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Politically, it is represented mainly by Democrats at both the local and state levels. On the city council, there are five members, including Mayor Chris Watts, Deputy Mayor Dr. Gerard Hudspeth Jr., Councilmember Dalton Gregory, Councilmember Deb Armintor, and Councilmember Keely Briggs. The current mayor was elected in November of 2019 and has been vocal about his support for progressive causes such as gun control, school funding reform, and climate protection initiatives. The 76209 zip code includes much of the southern portion of Denton County and is served by various county offices and local representatives. Notably, Denton County Commissioner Andy Eads represents the south precinct while state representative Matt Krause holds office in District 93 which serves much of Denton County. Both represent primarily Republican values with Krause being especially vocal about topics such as pro-life legislation and anti-LGBTQ efforts within Texas politics.
The political climate in Zip 76209 (Denton, TX) is leaning conservative.
Denton County, TX is leaning conservative. In Denton County, TX 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denton county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Denton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76209 (Denton, TX) is leaning conservative.
Denton, Texas is leaning conservative.
Denton County, Texas is leaning 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.
Denton, 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 76209 (Denton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,117 contributions totaling $102,929 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $57,188 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)