The small town of Orchard, TX is known for its friendly community and Southern hospitality. However, the politics in this town are anything but typical. The mayor is elected every four years and the city council members are also elected on a regular basis. Orchard has a long history of working hard to ensure that local laws reflect the values of the community. During elections, candidates run on platforms that focus on preserving traditional values, supporting local businesses, and providing better services for citizens. The majority of the population in Orchard consists of people who have lived here their entire lives and they take pride in supporting their local government's decisions and policies.
The political climate in Orchard, TX is leaning conservative.
Fort Bend County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Fort Bend County, TX 54.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fort Bend county remained strongly Democratic, 54.6% to 44.0%.
Fort Bend county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orchard, TX is leaning conservative.
Fort Bend County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
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.
Orchard, Texas: R R r r d D
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 Orchard, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 698 contributions totaling $261,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,036 contributions totaling $184,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)