The small, rural community of 78945 La Grange, TX is a quiet place to live, but the politics of the area still have an impact on its residents. Despite its small size, there are a number of local and state-level elected officials that represent the people here. To the north, there is US Representative Michael McCaul who represents Texas' 10th Congressional District and to the south is State Senator Lois Kolkhorst representing District 18 in Texas. At the county level, Fayette County Judge Joe Weber oversees a board of four commissioners that make decisions for the county as whole. These officials all work together to ensure that La Grange's citizens have access to necessary services like emergency medical care and public transportation. Local elections are held every two years and it's important for La Grange residents to stay informed about their local political candidates so that they can make sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 78945 (La Grange, TX) is very conservative.
Fayette County, TX is very conservative. In Fayette County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78945 (La Grange, TX) is very conservative.
La Grange, Texas is very conservative.
Fayette 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.
La Grange, 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 78945 (La Grange)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 549 contributions totaling $46,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $43,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)