Alvarado, TX is a small city located in Johnson County, Texas. It has a rich political history and is well known for its vibrant civic engagement and involvement in state politics. Every election cycle, the citizens of Alvarado participate enthusiastically in the electoral process. The City Council is comprised of five members who are elected by the people to serve two-year terms. Each year, local candidates compete for these positions with their own set of ideas and solutions to represent their constituents on various issues including taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development and more. Additionally, Alvarado often takes part in larger issues throughout the state such as education reform initiatives or environmental conservation efforts. With its lively civic engagement and active participation in state politics, Alvarado exemplifies what it means to be an involved community in Texas.
The political climate in Alvarado, TX is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, TX is very conservative. In Johnson County, TX 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alvarado, TX is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, Texas is very 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.
Alvarado, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Alvarado, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $5,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $23,538 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)