The city of Clear Lake Shores, TX is a tight-knit community that takes pride in its local politics. Elections are held every two years and the citizens of the city have a chance to make their voices heard when selecting their leaders. Every election cycle brings fresh candidates who promise to work hard for the betterment of their community. The elected officials focus on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. From neighborhood watch programs to initiatives that attract new businesses, Clear Lake Shores residents can count on their elected officials to actively contribute to making it a great place to live.
The political climate in Clear Lake Shores, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clear Lake Shores, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately 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.
Clear Lake Shores, 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 Clear Lake Shores, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,724 contributions totaling $414,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,023 contributions totaling $436,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)