Brownwood, Texas is located in Brown County and is the county seat of the county. It has a population of 19,376 as of 2020. Politically, the area is represented by Republican Congressman Mike Conaway in the United States House of Representatives and Republican Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz in the United States Senate. In the Texas State Legislature, it is represented by Senator Dawn Buckingham and Representative J.D. Sheffield in the Texas Senate and House respectively. Locally, politics are managed by city council which consists of a mayor elected at-large along with six council members elected from single-member districts to serve two year terms. City Council sets policy for public services such as water systems, streets, parks, libraries, police department and fire department as well as sets budget and tax rates for brownwood's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 76801 (Brownwood, TX) is strongly conservative.
Brown County, TX is very conservative. In Brown County, TX 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.8% to 13.2%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76801 (Brownwood, TX) is strongly conservative.
Brownwood, Texas is strongly conservative.
Brown County, Texas is very conservative.
Brownwood Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Brownwood, 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 76801 (Brownwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $12,322 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 420 contributions totaling $79,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)