Mathis, TX is a small city located in San Patricio County with close to 5,000 residents. The local political landscape in Mathis is dominated by the Republican Party. The most recent elections saw two Republicans elected to the City Council and the Mayor reelected as a Republican. The current mayor has held office for several years and has been credited with helping to develop the city's infrastructure and attract new businesses to town. Despite its small size, Mathis has an active local political scene with many candidates vying for office each election cycle. This election season promises to be no different as candidates from both parties will be out campaigning for their respective causes. Many local issues will shape this year's election including public safety, economic development, and education policy. No matter what the outcome of this election may be, Mathis citizens can count on their politicians being engaged in making sure that their community remains safe, prosperous, and well informed about important decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Mathis, TX is leaning 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
Mathis, TX is leaning 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.
Mathis, 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 Mathis, 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)