Leakey, TX is a small city located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. It is a rural area where many people work in agriculture and ranching. The politics in Leakey are largely focused on issues such as conservation of natural resources, economic development, and local infrastructure improvements. In terms of political representation, the area is part of Texas House District 80 which is currently represented by Republican Kyle Biedermann and U.S. Congressional District 21 which is represented by Republican Chip Roy. Locally elected officials such as a mayor and city council members also oversee the day-to-day operations in the city of Leakey and ensure that all citizens have access to basic services such as utilities, transportation, public safety, healthcare, and education. Regular town meetings are held to discuss matters related to these topics giving everyone an opportunity to participate in their local government.
The political climate in Leakey, TX is strongly conservative.
Real County, TX is very conservative. In Real County, TX 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Real county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 16.1%.
Real county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leakey, TX is strongly conservative.
Real County, Texas is very conservative.
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.
Leakey, 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 Leakey, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $11,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $14,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)