Hillsboro, TX is a small city located in Hill County of Texas. It has a strong political presence, with several local and state elected officials representing its citizens. At the local level, Hillsboro is represented by a mayor and five city council members who work together to make decisions that benefit the community. The mayor and council members are responsible for making sure the people of Hillsboro have access to essential services like public safety, education, infrastructure projects, and more. On the state level, representatives from Hillsboro serve in both the Texas House of Representatives and Senate to ensure their constituents’ interests are heard in Austin. Through elections and other forms of civic engagement, residents of Hillsboro can make their voices heard in local politics.
The political climate in Hillsboro, TX is moderately conservative.
Hill County, TX is very conservative. In Hill County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 19.2%.
Hill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hillsboro, TX is moderately conservative.
Hill 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.
Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $5,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $16,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)