Lake Colorado City, TX is a small city located in Mitchell County, Texas. The city has an estimated population of around 2,600 people and is primarily a rural community. Although it is relatively small compared to other cities in the state, Lake Colorado City has a vibrant political life. Local elections are held regularly and the city has several locally-elected officials that serve on its City Council and various committees. Local politics often focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, parks and recreation, infrastructure improvements, and quality of life initiatives. Residents of Lake Colorado City take great pride in their local government and take part actively in the decision-making process by attending hearings and voicing their opinions.
The political climate in Lake Colorado City, TX is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, TX is very conservative. In Mitchell County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 15.4%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Colorado City, TX is strongly conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Lake Colorado 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 Lake Colorado City, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $8,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)