Bellville, TX is a small city located in Austin County, and it is home to a diverse population of around 3,000 people. It has a long history as an agricultural community, but in recent years has seen a surge in businesses and entrepreneurship which has steadily increased the city's economic opportunities. Bellville is home to a vibrant political landscape. Local government elections are held annually and have historically been dominated by conservative candidates from both major parties. The current mayor is Robert J. Wertz who was elected in 2020 and has worked extensively to address issues such as infrastructure maintenance, public safety, and job growth within the community. Additionally, Bellville citizens take great pride in their involvement in local politics through various public forums that provide residents an outlet to discuss important topics and express their views on the direction of the city. With its strong sense of civic pride and active citizens who want to see their communities improve, Bellville boasts a promising future of continued political engagement and progress.
The political climate in Bellville, TX is strongly conservative.
Austin County, TX is very conservative. In Austin County, TX 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Austin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.2%.
Austin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellville, TX is strongly conservative.
Austin County, Texas is very 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.
Bellville, 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 Bellville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $10,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $66,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)