Elgin, Texas is a small town located in Bastrop County with a population of around 8,000. This community has strong political ties with local elected officials dedicated to serving the citizens of Elgin. City Council members are elected by citizens to serve for two year terms and make decisions that affect the daily lives of residents. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are also elected by the people of Elgin for two year terms. These positions strive to ensure the safety, health, and quality of life for everyone in Elgin. Local political candidates often conduct campaigns around issues such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and education among other topics. As a small rural town, Elgin's political scene is relatively low-key when compared to larger cities but its citizens take pride in their representatives who dedicate themselves to representing their interests.
The political climate in Elgin, TX is leaning conservative.
Bastrop County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bastrop County, TX 42.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bastrop county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.1%.
Bastrop county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elgin, TX is leaning conservative.
Bastrop County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Elgin, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Elgin, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,018 contributions totaling $169,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 513 contributions totaling $70,182 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)