Joshua, Texas is a small city located in Johnson County with an estimated population of 6,000. Despite its size, the community has a distinct political climate. The city is served by several local government officials who represent the area in both county and state elections. At the local level, residents are represented by a mayor and four council members who are elected to four-year terms. On the county level, Joshua is represented by Johnson County’s Commissioner's Court which includes a Commissioner's Court Judge, three Chapter Commissioners, and a County Treasurer. Statewide politics also affects Joshua residents as they are part of TX House District 60 and TX Senate District 22. In addition to election cycles for various political offices, Joshua holds annual town meetings where citizens can discuss their concerns or ideas about the future of the community. Through this forum and voting at the polls, citizens can make sure their voices are heard on important issues that affect them in Joshua.
The political climate in Zip 76058 (Joshua, TX) is very conservative.
Johnson County, TX is very conservative. In Johnson County, TX 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76058 (Joshua, TX) is very conservative.
Joshua, Texas is very conservative.
Johnson County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Joshua, 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 76058 (Joshua)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $3,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $16,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)