Kempner, Texas is a small town located in Lampasas County. It has a population of just over 1,000 people and is a tight-knit community with many different political views. The mayor of Kempner is currently Tina Whitaker and they have a city council that meets on the first Tuesday of every month to discuss local issues and policies. In Kempner, politics can be discussed freely and openly among both sides without judgement or ridicule. The city council works together on creating policies and regulations for the area that benefit all citizens without sacrificing individual rights. While there are no local candidates running for office at this time, the town does hold an annual election in May each year to elect individuals to serve as mayor and on the city council. It is evident that Kempner takes pride in its politics as it strives to create a better future through effective policymaking and responsible representation of its citizens’ needs.
The political climate in Kempner, TX is strongly conservative.
Lampasas County, TX is very conservative. In Lampasas County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lampasas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.6%.
Lampasas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kempner, TX is strongly conservative.
Lampasas County, Texas is very conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Kempner, 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 Kempner, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 601 contributions totaling $30,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 578 contributions totaling $77,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)