Killeen, TX is a city located in Bell County with a population of around 143,613. It is the principal city of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area and it is known as one of the fastest growing cities in Texas. The politics in the area are largely dominated by two major parties: Republican and Democratic. The City of Killeen has a strong Republican presence and this is reflected in their local political candidates. Republicans have held sway over many elections in the area, including mayoral races. The current mayor of Killeen is Jose Segarra who was elected in March 2020 as a Republican candidate. Furthermore, most members of the City Council are also from the Republican party. Despite this, there is still a place for Democratic candidates within local politics and those that do run are often well-received by constituents.
The political climate in Zip 76541 (Killeen, TX) is leaning liberal.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76541 (Killeen, TX) is leaning liberal.
Killeen, Texas is leaning liberal.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Killeen, 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 76541 (Killeen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $6,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $12,637 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)