Freer, TX is a small town in Duval County with an estimated population of about 2,300. Local politics in Freer are largely centered around the city's council, which consists of five elected members who serve four-year terms. These local officials make decisions that directly affect their constituents on a daily basis, and work to ensure that all citizens of Freer have access to government resources. The council also oversees the budgeting and spending of funds for public services, such as infrastructure updates and public safety initiatives. Despite its size, the town has taken an active role in local politics, with elections being held regularly and the election results closely followed by residents. In addition to local politics, residents of Freer also participate in state and federal elections by casting their ballots for political candidates from all major parties.
The political climate in Zip 78357 (Freer, TX) is leaning conservative.
Duval County, TX is leaning liberal. In Duval County, TX 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duval county remained Democratic, 51.0% to 48.3%.
Duval county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78357 (Freer, TX) is leaning conservative.
Freer, Texas is leaning conservative.
Duval County, Texas is leaning liberal.
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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.
Freer, Texas: D D D D D d
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 78357 (Freer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $320 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,068 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)