Ranger, Texas is a small city located in Eastland County with a population of around 1,400. As a small town, it has relatively limited access to political representation. The city is part of the U.S. Congressional District 17 and is represented by Congressman Michael Conaway. Locally, Ranger is governed by the Mayor and City Council members, all of whom are elected at-large on a nonpartisan ballot. The council meets regularly to discuss local issues and determine how best to provide for its citizens. In recent years, the city has made considerable progress in improving infrastructure and services such as road repairs and renovations, water supply upgrades, expansion of local parks, new business development initiatives, and other initiatives that have benefited the local community. As Ranger continues to grow in size and economic opportunities, it is important that residents stay informed about their local representatives so they can continue to make their voices heard in decisions made in their community.
The political climate in Ranger, TX is moderately conservative.
Eastland County, TX is very conservative. In Eastland County, TX 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eastland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 11.9%.
Eastland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ranger, TX is moderately conservative.
Eastland 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.
Ranger, 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 Ranger, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $85 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $4,913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)