Austwell, TX is a small city located in Refugio County, Texas. The town is home to just over 200 residents, who pride themselves on their close-knit community and local politics. Austwell's City Council consists of five members elected by the citizens every two years. These representatives work hard to ensure that city services remain reliable and affordable while maintaining the quality of life for residents. The council also works closely with the mayor and other local organizations to create new initiatives for the betterment of the city. Local elections are an important part of life in Austwell, as citizens have the chance to vote on issues that are most important to them. Residents come together to discuss current events and make decisions on how best to shape their community moving forward.
The political climate in Zip 77950 (Austwell, TX) is strongly conservative.
Refugio County, TX is very conservative. In Refugio County, TX 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Refugio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 32.9%.
Refugio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77950 (Austwell, TX) is strongly conservative.
Austwell, Texas is strongly conservative.
Refugio 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.
Austwell, 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 77950 (Austwell)
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 3 contributions totaling $170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)