Leakey, TX (78873) is a small town in Real County located in the Hill Country region of Texas. Although it has a small population, Leakey is an important hub for politics in the area. It is home to many local political offices and meetings take place regularly to address issues that are important to the people of Leakey. The county's representatives in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate are actively involved in local decision-making and ensuring that all residents have access to basic services. There are also various local initiatives that can make an impact on the well-being of Leakey's citizens, such as programs to promote economic development and education opportunities for the town's youth. By actively engaging with politics at all levels, Leakey is able to keep up with changes in state policies and ensure that its citizens have their voices heard when it comes to decision-making at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 78873 (Leakey, TX) is strongly conservative.
Real County, TX is very conservative. In Real County, TX 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Real county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 16.1%.
Real county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78873 (Leakey, TX) is strongly conservative.
Leakey, Texas is strongly conservative.
Real 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.
Leakey, 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 78873 (Leakey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $11,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $14,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)