The politics in 76955 Vancourt, TX are shaped by its population of a little over 1,000 people. The town is small and rural, so it focuses mainly on local issues such as infrastructure, education, public safety, and economic development. Residents of Vancourt are served by a mayor-council government which is responsible for making laws and setting the direction for the town's future. The current mayor is Joe Taylor Jr., who was elected in 2018. The city council consists of seven members who are elected at large for two-year terms. Residents of Vancourt also elect their state representatives to the Texas House of Representatives and Senate every two years. Local elections in Vancourt consist mostly of mayors and city council members with some other local offices up for election from time to time as well.
The political climate in Zip 76955 (Vancourt, TX) is very conservative.
Tom Green County, TX is very conservative. In Tom Green County, TX 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tom Green county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 27.1%.
Tom Green county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76955 (Vancourt, TX) is very conservative.
Vancourt, Texas is very conservative.
Tom Green County, Texas is very conservative.
San Angelo Metro Area is very 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.
Vancourt, 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 76955 (Vancourt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)