The small town of 76457 Hico, TX is governed by an elected five-member city council. All members are elected at-large and serve two-year terms. The mayor is also elected at-large and serves a two-year term. The current mayor is Donnie Jones, who has held the office since 2018. The other four members of the city council are Neil Johnson, Nellie Brown, Larry Price, and Gary Wilson. They each bring different perspectives to the table as they work together to ensure that the town of Hico continues to be a great place to live. Some local political issues in Hico include improving infrastructure, promoting economic development, encouraging civic engagement, and preserving its rural heritage. With strong leadership from its city council and mayor, Hico strives to remain a thriving community with a bright future.
The political climate in Zip 76457 (Hico, TX) is very conservative.
Hamilton County, TX is very conservative. In Hamilton County, TX 14.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 14.7%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76457 (Hico, TX) is very conservative.
Hico, Texas is very conservative.
Hamilton 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.
Hico, 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 76457 (Hico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 433 contributions totaling $14,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $50,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $612 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)