Nederland, TX is a small city located in the southeastern region of Texas. The city has a rich history and is home to an active political scene. Nederland has a mayor-council form of government with five members elected to serve as council members. Elections for mayor and council members are held annually by popular vote. The current mayor is Don Albanese, who was elected in 2020 and is currently serving his third term. The council consists of five members, each representing one of the city's five wards: South, North, West, Central, and East. They oversee the operations of all local government agencies within Nederland and strive to ensure that all citizens have access to quality public services while simultaneously promoting economic development in the community. Additionally, Nederland operates under a Home Rule Charter which allows for greater autonomy from state government regulations than other cities in Texas do. Through its local political leaders and processes, Nederland works hard to ensure that its citizens can live safe and prosperous lives in their beloved city.
The political climate in Nederland, TX is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, TX is leaning conservative. In Jefferson County, TX 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.6%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nederland, TX is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur 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.
Nederland, Texas: d d d d 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 Nederland, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,151 contributions totaling $209,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,034 contributions totaling $242,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)