The politics of Crawford, TX, a small city located in 76638, are largely focused on the local level. Community members elect representatives to serve on the local council which is responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of people living in Crawford. The council typically meets every two months to discuss and vote on relevant issues such as new ordinances, budgets, and community development initiatives. Local elections are held every four years when residents can cast their ballot for candidates who will represent them on the city council. Political engagement is an important factor in Crawford’s success as it allows citizens to have a voice in how their city is run.
The political climate in Zip 76638 (Crawford, TX) is strongly conservative.
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative. In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76638 (Crawford, TX) is strongly conservative.
Crawford, Texas is strongly conservative.
McLennan County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly 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.
Crawford, 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 76638 (Crawford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $4,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $16,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)