The politics in 78619 Driftwood, TX are dominated by the Travis County Republican Party. The party is very active in the region, advocating for conservative values such as lower taxes and limited government regulations. The county is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Representative John T. Carter and in the Texas Senate by Republican Senator Dawn Buckingham. Voters in this area tend to lean more heavily towards the conservative side, with many electing to vote for Republican candidates at both local and state levels. In addition, the majority of registered voters are usually Republicans. There are also a few Democratic candidates that have run for office over the years, but they have yet to make much of an impact.
The political climate in Zip 78619 (Driftwood, TX) is leaning liberal.
Hays County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Hays County, TX 54.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hays county flipped strongly Democratic, 54.4% to 43.6%.
Hays county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78619 (Driftwood, TX) is leaning liberal.
Driftwood, Texas is leaning liberal.
Hays County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Driftwood, Texas: R R r R r D
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 78619 (Driftwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,583 contributions totaling $72,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 343 contributions totaling $68,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)