Dickinson, TX is a vibrant city in Galveston County with a population of over 20,000 people. The city is served by the Dickinson Independent School District and provides residents with access to education, entertainment, healthcare, and other services. At the local level, Dickinson is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Julie Masters. The City Council consists of seven elected council members who work together to represent the interests of all Dickinson citizens. Local elections are held every two years to determine who serves on the City Council and Mayor’s position. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic growth, and neighborhood development are frequently discussed at council meetings. With its diverse population and growing economy, Dickinson's politics reflects the changing needs of citizens in this vibrant city in Galveston County.
The political climate in Dickinson, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dickinson, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dickinson, 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 Dickinson, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 804 contributions totaling $70,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 998 contributions totaling $110,747 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)