76471 Rising Star, TX is a small town located in Eastland County of Texas. With its tight-knit community and rural atmosphere, it is no surprise that politics in Rising Star are quite important to the local residents. In recent years, two main political candidates have been vying for the position of mayor of Rising Star: Mary Miller and Robert Smith. Both have campaigned vigorously about their commitment to improving the small town, with particular emphasis on bettering the education system and increasing economic opportunities for the citizens of Rising Star. Residents have expressed enthusiasm for both candidates and their platforms, making it clear that they will be closely watching any decisions made by the successful candidate. Though voting has not yet taken place, it is certain that 76471 Rising Star will continue to be heavily invested in its local political scene for many elections to come.
The political climate in Zip 76471 (Rising Star, TX) is very conservative.
Eastland County, TX is very conservative. In Eastland County, TX 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eastland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 11.9%.
Eastland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76471 (Rising Star, TX) is very conservative.
Rising Star, Texas is very conservative.
Eastland 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.
Rising Star, 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 76471 (Rising Star)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $4,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)