The politics in 76599 Gatesville, TX are generally conservative. The area is represented in the United States Congress by Republican Roger Williams, who was elected to his fifth term in 2020. At the state level, the area is represented by District 54 Texas State Representative J.D. Sheffield and District 14 Texas State Senator Dawn Buckingham. Gatesville residents also elect three city council members from each of four precincts on a nonpartisan basis every two years. Candidates for office must file with the City Secretary prior to election day and campaign actively throughout their districts as they seek support from local constituents. On election day, registered voters come out to decide who will represent them at the local level for the next two years.
The political climate in Zip 76599 (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 76599 (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 76599 (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)