Bear Creek, TX is a small town in the state of Texas that is known for its friendly people and peaceful atmosphere. Despite its small size, the politics of Bear Creek are still an important part of the community. Citizens of Bear Creek take their civic responsibilities seriously and take part in local elections to ensure that their needs are represented in the government. While there are currently no local political candidates running for office, residents can still stay informed about current events and issues that affect them to help shape the future of Bear Creek. Through engaging with representatives from various political parties, citizens can make sure they have a voice in local decisions and keep up with what is going on around town.
The political climate in Bear Creek, TX is leaning conservative.
Hays County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Hays County, TX 54.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hays county flipped strongly Democratic, 54.4% to 43.6%.
Hays county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bear Creek, TX is leaning conservative.
Hays County, Texas is somewhat 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.
Bear Creek, Texas: R R r R r 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 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 Bear Creek, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,403 contributions totaling $182,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 595 contributions totaling $126,018 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)