Junction, Texas is a small town located in Mason County. Although the population of this rural area is relatively small, it still has a strong local government presence. The current mayor of Junction is Joe Smith, who was elected to office in 2016 and is up for re-election this year. The City Council consists of five members and meets monthly to discuss local policies and initiatives. Important topics discussed by the Council include zoning regulations, budget allocations, infrastructure projects and public safety concerns. As part of their efforts to ensure that all citizens are given an opportunity to participate in politics, the City Council has established neighborhood councils in each part of the city that meet on a regular basis to discuss local issues. This helps ensure that all voices are heard and taken into account when making decisions about Junction's future.
The political climate in Zip 76849 (Junction, TX) is strongly conservative.
Kimble County, TX is very conservative. In Kimble County, TX 12.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kimble county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.7% to 12.4%.
Kimble county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76849 (Junction, TX) is strongly conservative.
Junction, Texas is strongly conservative.
Kimble 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.
Junction, 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 76849 (Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $16,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $11,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)