Located in Texas, 78005 Bigfoot is a small town with a population of approximately 2,500. It has a unique political atmosphere, having elected two people to serve as its mayor - one for the day-to-day operations and one for long term planning. The local government consists of the mayor, three city commissioners, and a police chief. Despite its size, 78005 Bigfoot is active in politics with the local elections being closely watched by the citizens. A variety of issues are addressed during election campaigns ranging from infrastructure improvements to public safety initiatives. The town takes pride in its strong sense of community and strives to make sure each resident feels like they are part of something bigger than themselves. Local candidates take these considerations into account when campaigning for office and strive to represent their constituents to the best of their ability.
The political climate in Zip 78005 (Bigfoot, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Frio County, TX is leaning conservative. In Frio County, TX 45.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frio county flipped moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.9%.
Frio county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78005 (Bigfoot, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Bigfoot, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Frio County, Texas is leaning 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.
Bigfoot, Texas: D r D D D 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 78005 (Bigfoot)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,475 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)