Richland Springs, Texas is a small town located in San Saba County. It is known for its rich history and close-knit community. While the population of Richland Springs is relatively small, the town is very politically active, with citizens regularly participating in elections and attending local government meetings. Local politics play an important role in the life of Richland Springs residents, who make their voices heard through choices made at the ballot box. Candidates for local offices often come from within the community and are well-known to many of the citizens. Community members take pride in having informed opinions on both local issues and national policy debates that impact their lives. Richland Springs residents take great care to ensure they have a say in shaping their future by engaging in political conversations and actively casting their votes at elections.
The political climate in Zip 76871 (Richland Springs, TX) is very conservative.
San Saba County, TX is very conservative. In San Saba County, TX 11.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Saba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.7% to 11.0%.
San Saba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76871 (Richland Springs, TX) is very conservative.
Richland Springs, Texas is very conservative.
San Saba 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.
Richland Springs, 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 76871 (Richland Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)