Batesville, TX is an area with a strong sense of community and proud heritage. It is home to many different political affiliations, and the citizens take their politics seriously. The current mayor of Batesville, TX is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2019. Joe Smith has been active in the community since his election and has worked to maintain Batesville's unique identity while also embracing new ideas and innovations. While some local political candidates have the support of various groups within Batesville, it remains an open and lively political environment with many competing interests. The citizens of Batesville remain passionate about their local politics as evidenced by the large turnout for local elections. From fundraising events to town hall meetings, it's clear that the citizens of Batesville take their civic duty very seriously and that they are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in.
The political climate in Batesville, TX is moderately liberal.
Zavala County, TX is strongly liberal. In Zavala County, TX 65.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Zavala county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.4% to 34.0%.
Zavala county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Batesville, TX is moderately liberal.
Zavala County, Texas 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.
Batesville, Texas: D 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 Batesville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $46,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)