Round Top, TX is a small rural town located in Fayette County. Its politics are typically focused on local issues that directly affect the citizens of Round Top. Common issues include taxation, infrastructure, and education. The local government works to ensure that taxes remain low while providing quality services to the community, such as maintaining roadways and preserving public parks. Local elections are important for the citizens of Round Top, as they determine who will lead their government for the next few years. Candidates promise to improve life in the town and take measures to make Round Top a better place to live. Residents have different opinions on what progress means for the area, but all agree that Round Top must be taken care of first and foremost.
The political climate in Zip 78954 (Round Top, TX) is very conservative.
Fayette County, TX is very conservative. In Fayette County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78954 (Round Top, TX) is very conservative.
Round Top, Texas is very conservative.
Fayette 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.
Round Top, 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 78954 (Round Top)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 552 contributions totaling $17,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $13,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)