Blanco County is located in Texas and is known for its small-town charm. The county is governed by an elected board of judges, who are responsible for setting the policies that guide the day-to-day operations of the county. The board is composed of five members, with each member representing a geographical district. The current board of judges includes Judy Bice, Willie Palmer, John Green Jr., Joe Childs, and Mike Thomas. Each judge brings different experiences to the table and works together to set their priorities for the county. Every four years, local residents have the opportunity to vote on who will represent them as a judge on the board. This ensures that the people in Blanco County can have a say in how their government operates and what policies are enacted.
The political climate in Blanco County, TX is very conservative.
In Blanco County, TX 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blanco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Blanco county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blanco County, TX is very conservative.
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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.
Blanco, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Blanco County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 851 contributions totaling $90,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 580 contributions totaling $1,006,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,735 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)