The politics in Bend, TX, is a mix of local and state issues that have an impact on the community. Although there are no specific local political candidates for residents to vote for, people living in the area can cast their votes on numerous Texas state-level measures that affect the city. The local economy has been boosted by recent infrastructure investments, and the city council has sought to create new jobs and bring development into the town. Residents of Bend are passionate about staying involved in their local government, ensuring their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that will affect them and their families.
The political climate in Zip 76824 (Bend, TX) is very conservative.
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
Zip 76824 (Bend, TX) is very conservative.
Bend, Texas is very conservative.
San Saba County, Texas 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.
Bend, 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 76824 (Bend)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $90 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)