West, TX is a small town located in the state of Texas. Its politics are largely conservative as it is represented by Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Jodey Arrington in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Locally, West, TX is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Tommy Muska who was elected in 2018. The council members are responsible for making decisions on issues such as local taxes, economic development, public safety, and land use regulations. In recent years, West has seen an influx of new residents from larger cities looking to escape the hustle and bustle of urban life. As this trend continues to grow, it will be interesting to see how the political landscape shifts in West over time.
The political climate in West, TX is somewhat conservative.
McLennan County, TX is moderately conservative. In McLennan County, TX 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLennan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.5%.
McLennan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West, TX is somewhat conservative.
McLennan County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly 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.
West, 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 West, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $3,134 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)