Barton Creek, TX is a small town located in the Southwestern United States. It has a strong focus on local politics, with a vibrant political culture that includes both community engagement and national issues. The city council holds regular meetings to discuss relevant topics and work with other elected officials to ensure the best progress for the community. Residents are very conscious of their civic duty and actively participate in elections by voting for local political candidates they believe will work hard to benefit their neighborhood. In addition, citizens stay informed about current events that affect their town through newspapers, radio shows, and social media platforms. Barton Creek is a great place to be if you’re looking for an active political atmosphere that values open dialogue and encourages engagement from its residents.
The political climate in Barton Creek, TX is moderately liberal.
Travis County, TX is very liberal. In Travis County, TX 71.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Travis county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.4% to 26.4%.
Travis county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barton Creek, TX is moderately liberal.
Travis County, Texas is very 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.
Barton Creek, Texas: r D D D D 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 Barton Creek, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,095 contributions totaling $551,726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,445 contributions totaling $758,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)