The city of Bastrop, Texas, is located in the heart of Central Texas and has a population of about 8,200 people. It is known as the “Most Historic Small Town in Texas” due to its many attractions and the central role it has played in shaping Texas history. Bastrop is governed by a mayor-council form of government with five City Council members elected by district to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Conley Foil and the city council has three members: Brielle Hightower, Brandon Lyle, and Ken Bell. Politically, 78602 Bastrop is part of Bastrop County which contains two main political divisions: Democrat and Republican. The county's politics are heavily influenced by local citizens who take part in both party primaries during election season. The county also hosts several debates every year that help promote healthy dialogue between parties and constituents on a variety of national issues. Additionally, Bastrop County holds regular voter registration drives throughout the year to ensure all eligible citizens are registered to vote in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 78602 (Bastrop, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Bastrop County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bastrop County, TX 42.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bastrop county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.1%.
Bastrop county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78602 (Bastrop, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Bastrop, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Bastrop County, Texas 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.
Bastrop, 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 zip 78602 (Bastrop)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,166 contributions totaling $77,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 576 contributions totaling $83,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)