The 78611 zip code of Burnet, Texas is located in Burnet County which is a small, rural county in the Hill Country of Texas. The county has a small population of just over 42,000 people and about 8,600 live within the 78611 zip code area. The politics in this area are largely conservative with the majority of local residents voting for Republican candidates in elections. In recent years the area has seen a few new faces entering the political arena, many of whom have been met with support from local voters. There are two local representatives who serve on Texas House and Senate respectively and these representatives have been working to ensure that all their constituents receive fair representation no matter their party affiliation. Additionally, there are several organizations in place to help ensure that all citizens can make their voices heard when it comes to important issues facing the state and county.
The political climate in Zip 78611 (Burnet, TX) is strongly conservative.
Burnet County, TX is very conservative. In Burnet County, TX 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burnet county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.8%.
Burnet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78611 (Burnet, TX) is strongly conservative.
Burnet, Texas is strongly conservative.
Burnet 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.
Burnet, 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 78611 (Burnet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $14,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $62,811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)