Bartlett, TX is a small town located in Bell County. It is a politically engaged community with citizens actively involved in local politics. The town has various opportunities for residents to get involved, such as attending city council meetings, participating in community forums and volunteering at political events. In the past few years, Bartlett has had several local elections that have created strong ties between the elected officials and the townsfolk. The mayor of Bartlett is currently Rick Stephens who was elected in 2016 and his term is set to end in 2024. There are currently two city council members that serve alongside Mayor Stephens; they are Jeff Blaha and Claire Loughran-Krall. Both were elected to their positions in 2020 and will continue to serve until 2024. All three political figures work together with the citizens of Bartlett to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard and taken into consideration when making decisions for their town.
The political climate in Bartlett, TX is somewhat conservative.
Williamson County, TX is leaning liberal. In Williamson County, TX 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.2%.
Williamson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bartlett, TX is somewhat conservative.
Williamson County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bartlett, 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 Bartlett, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 626 contributions totaling $33,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)