Editing Plano, Texas (section)

===Politics===
Dallas's wealthy northern suburbs were solidly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], and in 2005, the Bay Area Center for Voting Research ranked Plano, the largest of them, the United States' fifth-most conservative city.<ref>[http://americancityandcounty.com/content/study-ranks-americas-most-liberal-and-conservative-cities Bay Area Center for Voting Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701060037/http://americancityandcounty.com/content/study-ranks-americas-most-liberal-and-conservative-cities |date=July 1, 2014 }} Retrieved January 7, 2014.</ref> It has recently become more competitive in national elections as its population has diversified, shifting toward the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] since 2016, when [[Donald Trump]] won the city by a narrow margin. In [[2018 United States Senate election in Texas|2018]], [[Beto O'Rourke]] became the first Democrat to win the city in a statewide election in the 21st century, and in [[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|2020]], [[Joe Biden]] won the city by an even larger margin. But in local and state elections, Plano still leans Republican, voting to reelect Governor [[Greg Abbott]] in [[2018 Texas gubernatorial election|2018]] and narrowly reelecting Republicans to the [[Texas House of Representatives]] and [[Texas Senate]] in [[2018 Texas Senate election|2018]] and [[2020 Texas House of Representatives election|2020]].
[[File:2020 US Presidential Election in Plano.svg|thumb|2020 US Presidential Election precinct results{{col-begin}}
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'''Biden'''
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'''Trump'''
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{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+Plano city vote by party in presidential elections<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx |access-date=May 30, 2021 |website=Collincountytx.gov |language=en |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524214410/https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Denton County, TX Elections |url=https://www.votedenton.gov/election-results/#PastElections|access-date=May 30, 2021 |website=Votedenton.gov}}</ref>
!Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|2020]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''53.50%''' ''72,736''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |44.75% ''60,840''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.76% ''2,389''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2016 United States presidential election in Texas|2016]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45.31% ''49,522''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''50.12%''' ''54,784''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |4.56% ''4,988''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2012 United States presidential election in Texas|2012]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37.44% ''37,435''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''60.74%''' ''60,733''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.82% ''1,817''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2008 United States presidential election in Texas|2008]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |39.70% ''42,441''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''59.11%''' ''63,193''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.19% ''1,280''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2004 United States presidential election in Texas|2004]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.07% ''30,387''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''68.06%''' ''66,562''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.87% ''852''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2000 United States presidential election in Texas|2000]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |25.65% ''20,888''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''71.78%''' ''58,447''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.57% ''2,093''
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+Plano city vote by party in Class I Senate elections<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
!Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2018 United States Senate election in Texas|2018]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''52.35%''' ''55,804''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |46.85% ''49,941''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.81% ''859''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2012 United States Senate election in Texas|2012]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.94% ''35,813''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''60.01%''' ''58,183''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |3.06% ''2,963''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2006 United States Senate election in Texas|2006]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28.75% ''15,040''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''68.91%''' ''36,047''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.34% ''1,225''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2000 United States Senate election in Texas|2000]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |18.22% ''14,634''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''79.29%''' ''63,674''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.49% ''1,999''
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+Plano city vote by party in Class II Senate elections<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
!Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2020 United States Senate election in Texas|2020]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |48.86% ''65,024''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''48.87%''' ''65,039''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.26% ''3,013''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2014 United States Senate election in Texas|2014]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |31.65% ''18,134''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''64.63%''' ''37,028''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |3.72% ''2,131''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2008 United States Senate election in Texas|2008]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |35.79% ''36,916''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''61.81%''' ''63,753''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.40% ''2,480''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2002 United States Senate election in Texas|2002]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |30.55% ''17,156''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''68.45%''' ''38,441''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.01% ''566''
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+Plano city vote by party in gubernatorial elections<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
!Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2022 Texas gubernatorial election|2022]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''50.92%''' ''48,773''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |47.66% ''45,617''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.42% ''1,360''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2018 Texas gubernatorial election|2018]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |44.43% ''46,993''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''53.67%''' ''56,757''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.90% ''2,008''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2014 Texas gubernatorial election|2014]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37.03% ''21,331''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''61.57%''' ''35,461''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.72% ''991''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2010 Texas gubernatorial election|2010]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |35.62% ''18,992''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''61.71%''' ''32,904''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |2.67% ''1,427''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2006 Texas gubernatorial election|2006]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |26.11% ''13,828''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''47.15%''' ''24,970''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |26.74% ''14,164''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2002 Texas gubernatorial election|2002]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |25.07% ''14,294''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''73.52%''' ''41,910''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.93% ''1,102''
|}