Located in the heart of Hill County, Texas, 76627 Blum is a small rural town with a population of fewer than 500 people. Despite its small size, 76627 Blum is an active community politically and has a vibrant and engaged citizenry. The local political landscape is comprised of several county and state officials that are involved in the decision making processes that affect day to day life within the community. Candidates for these positions are elected through a series of primary and general elections each year. Issues such as healthcare, education, taxes and infrastructure dominate local politics in 76627 Blum and citizens take their civic duties seriously when casting their ballots. Through these efforts, residents are able to have their voices heard at the local level and help ensure that their needs are met by those elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 76627 (Blum, TX) is very conservative.
Hill County, TX is very conservative. In Hill County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 19.2%.
Hill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76627 (Blum, TX) is very conservative.
Blum, Texas is very conservative.
Hill 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.
Blum, 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 76627 (Blum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,555 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $593 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)