The politics in 78071 Three Rivers, TX are shaped by a variety of factors. At the local level, the city council is responsible for setting policies on taxation, zoning, economic development, and other issues that affect the community and its residents. The mayor is also an elected official who plays a role in making decisions on behalf of the citizens. At the state level, Texas is governed by a two-party system with Republicans and Democrats vying for power. Every two years, local citizens have the chance to elect their representatives to represent them in Austin. The representatives will help shape laws concerning taxes, education, health care, and other topics that matter to their constituents. Additionally, national politics has an impact on Three Rivers due to changes in federal law or regulations that can affect how Three Rivers operates or functions as a city. All together these factors make up the political landscape of 78071 Three Rivers TX.
The political climate in Zip 78071 (Three Rivers, TX) is strongly conservative.
Live Oak County, TX is very conservative. In Live Oak County, TX 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Live Oak county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 16.2%.
Live Oak county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78071 (Three Rivers, TX) is strongly conservative.
Three Rivers, Texas is strongly conservative.
Live Oak 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.
Three Rivers, 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 78071 (Three Rivers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $15,119 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)