Bellmead, Texas is a small town located in McLennan County with a population of just over 5,000 residents. Politically speaking, the town is represented at the state level by two representatives from each chamber of the Texas Legislature. At the local level, Bellmead residents elect five city council members to represent them and lead their government. The mayor of Bellmead is elected every two years in an at-large election, meaning that all citizens vote for the same individual regardless of which district they live in. Additionally, Bellmead has three precincts within McLennan County that are represented by county commissioners who are responsible for helping to ensure that local laws and regulations are followed and enforced.
The political climate in Bellmead, TX is leaning 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
Bellmead, TX is leaning 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.
Bellmead, 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 Bellmead, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $5,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $17,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)