The politics in Sweetwater, TX are very important to the local residents. The city is served by a mayor and five-member city council, who work together to make decisions for the community. Every two years, elections are held for each seat on the council and it is important that all residents are aware of who is running and know which issues they stand for. Additionally, Sweetwater has an active civic involvement program, encouraging citizens to become involved in local government activities such as attending public forums or testifying before the city council. The community also holds an annual election to decide whether or not to approve any changes proposed by the council. This provides citizens with direct input into how their city operates. In addition to voting in elections, citizens are also encouraged to volunteer in their community and participate in civic events like town hall meetings or charitable fundraisers.
The political climate in Sweetwater, TX is moderately conservative.
Nolan County, TX is very conservative. In Nolan County, TX 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nolan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.7%.
Nolan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sweetwater, TX is moderately conservative.
Nolan County, Texas is very conservative.
Sweetwater Metro Area is very 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.
Sweetwater, 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 Sweetwater, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $13,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $61,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)