Caldwell County, TX is a rural county located in the heart of Texas, just south of Austin. It has a population of 38,731 people according to the 2019 US Census. In terms of politics, Caldwell County is mainly Republican. The current Texas State Representative for District 17 is John Cyrier who has held the office since 2015 and is running for re-election. The current Governor of Texas is Greg Abbott, a Republican who won the last election in 2018 with 55% of the statewide vote. On the national level, Caldwell County goes for conservative candidates as well and voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016. The county also provides great support to local political candidates such as Sheriff Daniel Law who has been in office since 2015 and aims to make positive changes in the community.
The political climate in Caldwell County, TX is somewhat conservative.
In Caldwell County, TX 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caldwell county remained moderately Republican, 53.6% to 44.6%.
Caldwell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Caldwell County, TX is somewhat conservative.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Caldwell, 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 Caldwell County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 531 contributions totaling $42,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 221 contributions totaling $51,701 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)