Burnet, TX is a county located in the heart of Hill Country in Central Texas. It is known for its beautiful lakes, rolling hills, and abundance of outdoor activities. Politics in Burnet County are usually determined by the key issues most pertinent to the area. These issues often include water rights and protection, land preservation, improving public education and increasing economic opportunities. Local political candidates focus on these issues when campaigning to ensure that they are addressing the needs of local citizens. With a wide variety of local governments such as schools, counties, cities and special districts like fire departments and water districts, it is important for candidates to be well-versed in all of these areas in order to best serve their constituents. Burnet County welcomes all political perspectives when it comes to finding solutions for its citizens' needs.
The political climate in Burnet County, TX is very conservative.
In Burnet County, TX 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burnet county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.8%.
Burnet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burnet 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.
Burnet, 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 Burnet County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,659 contributions totaling $135,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,074 contributions totaling $319,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)