Harper, TX is a small town located in the Texas Hill Country. The town is served by a mayor-council form of government, and local elections are held every two years. Current members of the Harper Town Council are Mayor Steve Johnson, Deputy Mayor Brad Harris, and Councilmembers David Patterson, Amy Gomez, and Marjorie Brown. Each member serves four-year terms and works to create a vision for the future of Harper. Residents are highly involved in local politics and attend monthly council meetings to discuss community projects and issues. The council recently approved plans for a new library and recreation center which will be opened in 2021. There is also an active Chamber of Commerce that promotes economic growth in the area through business outreach and support initiatives.
The political climate in Harper, TX is strongly conservative.
Gillespie County, TX is very conservative. In Gillespie County, TX 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gillespie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 20.0%.
Gillespie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harper, TX is strongly conservative.
Gillespie County, Texas is very conservative.
Fredericksburg Metro Area 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.
Harper, 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 Harper, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $1,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $12,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)