Schulenburg, Texas is a small community that is home to around 2,500 residents. As a part of Fayette County, Schulenburg residents are able to vote in local and state elections that help shape the political landscape of the city. The city is represented by Texas State Representative Kyle Kacal and United States Representative John Carter in the House of Representatives. At the county level, Fayette County Judge Joe Weber oversees the operations of county government services. Local citizens also have an opportunity to elect representatives for two school districts: Schulenburg Independent School District and Fayettville ISD. In addition, elections are held every two years for mayor and city council members as well as positions such as police chief and fire chief. These representatives play a vital role in shaping Schulenburg's future and creating policies that will benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Schulenburg, TX is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, TX is very conservative. In Fayette County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schulenburg, TX is strongly conservative.
Fayette 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.
Schulenburg, 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 Schulenburg, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $3,897 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $58,729 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)