Cottonwood Shores, TX is a small city located in Burnet County in the Texas Hill Country. The town is known for its natural beauty, with rolling hills surrounded by crystal-clear lakes and rivers. Politically, Cottonwood Shores has traditionally leaned conservative. In recent years, the town has seen an influx of new residents from nearby cities and states who have brought with them a more progressive political ideology. This has sparked lively debates among local politicians and residents alike about the best way to move forward on issues like economic development, environmental protection, and education funding. As the population continues to grow, so too does the diversity of political views in Cottonwood Shores.
The political climate in Cottonwood Shores, TX is strongly conservative.
Burnet County, TX is very conservative. In Burnet County, TX 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burnet county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.8%.
Burnet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cottonwood Shores, TX is strongly conservative.
Burnet 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.
Cottonwood Shores, 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 Cottonwood Shores, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 726 contributions totaling $51,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 634 contributions totaling $176,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)