Glen Rose, TX is a small town located in Somervell County. It is known for its diverse landscape of rolling hills and rivers, but it also has a thriving political atmosphere. Local issues are discussed and debated at the monthly city council meetings, where citizens can voice their opinions directly to their elected officials. Most recently, the city has focused its attention on tackling economic development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety initiatives. In addition to the city council’s efforts, there have been several local political candidates running for office in recent years who are passionate about bringing positive change to Glen Rose. The community values these candidates’ commitment to making Glen Rose a better place and remains active in campaigning for them and supporting their ideas.
The political climate in Glen Rose, TX is strongly conservative.
Somervell County, TX is very conservative. In Somervell County, TX 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somervell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.0% to 15.5%.
Somervell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glen Rose, TX is strongly conservative.
Somervell County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Glen Rose, 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 Glen Rose, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $13,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $51,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)