76448 Eastland, TX is a small rural town located in the heart of Texas. It is a politically conservative area, with residents typically voting Republican in elections. The local political climate is heavily influenced by the county’s overall conservatism and its strong support for traditional values and ideals. Generally speaking, the majority of residents believe that less government involvement is better, and they tend to oppose any kind of taxes or regulations. An important issue facing 76448 Eastland, TX is education reform, with many arguing that current funding levels are inadequate to provide quality educational opportunities for students. Other issues of local importance include environmental protection and job creation. Local elections typically feature candidates from both major parties running for office on similar platforms centered around these core topics, with debates often revolved around how to best address them.
The political climate in Zip 76448 (Eastland, TX) is strongly conservative.
Eastland County, TX is very conservative. In Eastland County, TX 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eastland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 11.9%.
Eastland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76448 (Eastland, TX) is strongly conservative.
Eastland, Texas is strongly conservative.
Eastland 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.
Eastland, 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 76448 (Eastland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $34,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,665 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $43,138 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)