The small town of Riesel, TX (zip code 76682) is a rural community with a population of just over 800 people. It is located in McLennan County and operates as part of the McGregor Independent School District. The city is represented by local government officials such as the mayor, city council, and other related positions. The mayor and members of the city council are elected by citizens of Riesel to make important decisions for the town, such as policy changes, budgets, and much more. These representatives work hard to ensure that the residents get the best quality services possible from their government. Through their efforts, they have successfully maintained a peaceful atmosphere in Riesel for many years.
The political climate in Zip 76682 (Riesel, TX) is strongly conservative.
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative. In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76682 (Riesel, TX) is strongly conservative.
Riesel, Texas is strongly conservative.
McLennan County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly 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.
Riesel, 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 76682 (Riesel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,345 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)