Petersburg, TX is a small town in the Hill Country of Texas with a population of 79250. The city is located in Gillespie County and has seen steady growth over the years. Politically, Petersburg is predominantly conservative, with the Republican Party maintaining strong support from its residents. For local government, the mayor Wallace McDaniel and four members of the City Council are elected to two-year terms. Currently, all five of these positions are held by Republicans who strive to continue to serve their community with integrity and focus on economic development for the benefit of all citizens. In addition, many local voter initiatives have been passed over recent years that demonstrate citizens' commitment to preserving traditional values within their community.
The political climate in Zip 79250 (Petersburg, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hale County, TX is very conservative. In Hale County, TX 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Hale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79250 (Petersburg, TX) is strongly conservative.
Petersburg, Texas is strongly conservative.
Hale County, Texas is very conservative.
Plainview 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.
Petersburg, 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 79250 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,397 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)