Mountain Home, TX, located in 78058, is a growing community with an active political environment. Residents have the opportunity to engage in local politics and support their chosen representatives through voting and other means. Local elections are held for municipal offices such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and other elected positions. On the state level, Mountain Home is represented by Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas’ 8th Congressional District. The community also has two state senators representing them: Charles Perry and Pat Fallon. There are numerous locally active groups that provide information on political issues and campaign for candidates during election season. On a national level, the citizens of Mountain Home vote for the President of the United States every four years. Voting in local elections gives residents a voice at all levels of government and allows them to shape their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 78058 (Mountain Home, TX) is very conservative.
Kerr County, TX is very conservative. In Kerr County, TX 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kerr county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 23.5%.
Kerr county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78058 (Mountain Home, TX) is very conservative.
Mountain Home, Texas is very conservative.
Kerr County, Texas is very conservative.
Kerrville Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Mountain Home, 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 78058 (Mountain Home)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $1,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $9,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)