The politics in 78636 Johnson City, TX are mainly focused on local issues. Local elections determine who serves on the city council and what policies will be implemented. The city council makes decisions regarding the budget and taxation, public works projects, land use planning, zoning and development regulations, infrastructure maintenance and improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development opportunities, and various other local matters. There is a mayor that is elected every two years and a council of five members who serve four-year terms. Johnson City also has representatives in both the Texas House of Representatives and Senate who advocate for the interests of the community at the state level. Local citizens are engaged in voting on upcoming ballot measures to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about their community.
The political climate in Zip 78636 (Johnson City, TX) is very conservative.
Blanco County, TX is very conservative. In Blanco County, TX 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blanco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Blanco county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78636 (Johnson City, TX) is very conservative.
Johnson City, Texas is very conservative.
Blanco 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.
Johnson City, 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 78636 (Johnson City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 485 contributions totaling $52,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 243 contributions totaling $46,291 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)