Lake City, TX is a small town in the Lone Star State that is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Politically, there is an active and engaged citizenry that participates in all levels of government. At the state level, Lake City residents vote on state representatives and senators to represent them in Austin. At the national level, they take part in elections for president as well as congressional and senate races. In addition, Lake City has its own local government consisting of an elected mayor and city council which makes decisions about issues such as city planning, infrastructure, public safety, and other important matters that affect the town. All these elections are hotly contested by both parties and provide opportunities for citizens to make their voices heard in this important process.
The political climate in Lake City, TX is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, TX is strongly conservative. In San Patricio County, TX 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Patricio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
San Patricio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City, TX is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Corpus Christi Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lake 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 Lake City, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $3,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $31,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)