San Saba County, located in the Texas Hill Country, is a small rural community with a population of around 6,000 people. The county is governed by a three-member Commissioners Court and an elected county judge who presides over it. Local politics in San Saba County include issues related to economic development, infrastructure improvements, and maintaining good relationships between local government and citizens. Recently the Commissioners Court has been focused on improving public safety by increasing funding for law enforcement and making sure that roads and bridges are properly maintained. Additionally, they have been working to provide better access to healthcare services such as mental health counseling and primary care physicians. Overall, San Saba County is committed to creating an environment where its citizens can thrive through sound fiscal management and responsive government policies.
The political climate in San Saba County, TX is very conservative.
In San Saba County, TX 11.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Saba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.7% to 11.0%.
San Saba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Saba 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.
San Saba, 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 San Saba County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $4,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $14,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)