Gatesville, TX is a small city located in Central Texas with a population of about 15,000 people. Despite its relatively small size, Gatesville has an active political climate with several local political candidates vying for various positions within the community. At the top of the ballot are two candidates running for Mayor: incumbent Mary Jenkins and challenger Bill Johnson. Both have expressed their commitment to improving the quality of life in Gatesville by working to foster economic development, increase access to education, and build strong relationships between local government and businesses. Further down the ballot are several other contests such as City Council Member and School Board Member where local residents can cast their votes. The decision is ultimately up to voters to decide who will take on these important roles in the community and help shape its future.
The political climate in Zip 76597 (Gatesville, TX) is moderately conservative.
Coryell County, TX is very conservative. In Coryell County, TX 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coryell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 32.2%.
Coryell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76597 (Gatesville, TX) is moderately conservative.
Gatesville, Texas is moderately conservative.
Coryell County, Texas is very conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Gatesville, 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 76597 (Gatesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)