Johnson City, TX is a small city located in the heart of Texas Hill Country. While it may be considered a small town, Johnson City has an active and vibrant political climate. In recent years, there has been an influx of younger candidates running for office and putting forth progressive platforms. These candidates represent a wide range of perspectives from across the political spectrum. Some of the local issues they have addressed include infrastructure updates, economic development and job growth, education reform, and greater access to healthcare services. Despite its size, Johnson City is an important part of the regional political landscape and its citizens are passionate about making their voices heard.
The political climate in Johnson City, TX is strongly conservative.
Blanco County, TX is very conservative. In Blanco County, TX 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blanco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Blanco county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson City, TX is strongly conservative.
Blanco 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.
Johnson City, 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 Johnson City, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 485 contributions totaling $52,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 243 contributions totaling $46,291 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)