Bay City, TX is a small city located in the Southeast corner of Texas. It is known for its warm weather and friendly people and has a population of around 12,000 people. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and council members are elected every two years as part of the general election cycle that takes place across the state. The current mayor is Joe Romero, who has been in office since 2016. With his leadership, Bay City has seen an increase in investments and improvements to public infrastructure and recreational activities. The council members work hard to represent the interests of their constituents, whether they be local businesses or individual citizens. Together, they strive to serve the needs of Bay City's residents and visitors alike with their commitment to quality services and community involvement.
The political climate in Bay City, TX is moderately conservative.
Matagorda County, TX is very conservative. In Matagorda County, TX 27.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Matagorda county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.2%.
Matagorda county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bay City, TX is moderately conservative.
Matagorda County, Texas is very conservative.
Bay City 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.
Bay 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 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 Bay City, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $8,023 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 314 contributions totaling $37,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)