Rising Star, Texas is a small town nestled in the hills of Central Texas. It is a close-knit community that values tradition and hard work. Politics in Rising Star are primarily focused on local issues such as maintaining a quality school system, supporting local businesses, and encouraging economic development. Local politicians are committed to providing residents with resources and services they need to have a prosperous future. Furthermore, the town strives to promote environmental sustainability by emphasizing conservation efforts and renewable energy sources. Residents of Rising Star take part in debates on political topics such as taxes, healthcare reform, and immigration reform. Through their engagement with politics, Rising Star residents actively strive to create an environment where every person can thrive.
The political climate in Rising Star, TX is strongly 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
Rising Star, TX is strongly 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.
Rising Star, 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 Rising Star, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $4,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)