The small community of Buchanan Dam, TX is located in Burnet County and has a population of just over 1,500 people. Residents of the area are actively involved in the local political process. There are many ways for citizens to get involved in politics such as attending city council meetings, voting in elections, and donating time or money to campaigns. Politically active residents also have an influence on local policies and lawmaking. In recent years, the county has seen an influx of new residents who have brought with them a variety of political views. This diversity has made the 78609 Buchanan Dam area a vibrant and diverse community with engaged citizens passionate about their rights and responsibilities as members of their community. In addition to this diversity, there is a strong sense of advocacy amongst residents for causes they feel strongly about. Regardless of political affiliation, everyone in this area works together to make Buchanan Dam a great place to live and work for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 78609 (Buchanan Dam, TX) is strongly conservative.
Llano County, TX is very conservative. In Llano County, TX 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Llano county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.5%.
Llano county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78609 (Buchanan Dam, TX) is strongly conservative.
Buchanan Dam, Texas is strongly conservative.
Llano 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.
Buchanan Dam, 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 78609 (Buchanan Dam)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $2,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $6,737 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)