Callahan County, located in central Texas, is a vibrant community with a strong sense of civic engagement. The county boasts highly active political campaigns and numerous local elected officials who are passionate and dedicated to the constituency they serve. These individuals are elected to represent the various interests of their constituents, which range from land use policy to public health initiatives. As such, local political campaigns are frequent and contested in Callahan County. Each year residents come together to participate in elections which often involve spirited debates about the issues that affect them most. Furthermore, there is a wide range of organizations that work together to ensure the voices of all citizens within the county are heard and respected when considering governmental policies or procedures. All in all, Callahan County has a strong political presence that unites constituents in honoring their government representatives and engaging in important conversations about current topics and issues relevant to their lives.
The political climate in Callahan County, TX is very conservative.
In Callahan County, TX 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Callahan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 10.7%.
Callahan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Callahan County, TX is very conservative.
Abilene 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.
Callahan, 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 Callahan County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $28,941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)