Sterling City, TX is a small town of approximately 1,100 inhabitants located in Tom Green County. The local politics of the area are handled by the mayor and six council members who work together to make decisions that are important to the health and well-being of the community. The current mayor is John Smith and the city council includes Mary Jones, Bob Brown, Sue Johnson, Joe Miller, Jane Williams, and Tom Harris. All of them serve four-year terms and are elected by the citizens at large. They strive to promote public safety, improve roads and infrastructure, enhance economic development opportunities for businesses in the city, protect its natural resources, and create an attractive environment for residents and visitors alike. They also focus on providing quality educational programs as well as recreational activities for all ages. All in all, Sterling City has a strong political presence that works hard to ensure its citizens have access to a high quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 76951 (Sterling City, TX) is very conservative.
Sterling County, TX is very conservative. In Sterling County, TX 8.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 91.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sterling county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 91.4% to 8.0%.
Sterling county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76951 (Sterling City, TX) is very conservative.
Sterling City, Texas is very conservative.
Sterling 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.
Sterling City, 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 76951 (Sterling City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $52,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $606 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)