Prairie View, TX is a small city in Texas with a diverse population and rich history. Political activity in Prairie View is vibrant, with numerous local candidates running for office each election cycle. Residents of Prairie View take an active role in the political process by voting in local elections and attending forums to support their favored candidates. The city council is composed of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. These members have the power to approve ordinances, budgets, and other measures that affect the day-to-day operations of the city. They also appoint members to various committees within the city government that help shape policy decisions. Additionally, there are several active citizens’ groups that work to keep informed about political issues and advocate for change on behalf of local residents.
The political climate in Prairie View, TX is leaning conservative.
Waller County, TX is strongly conservative. In Waller County, TX 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waller county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.0%.
Waller county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prairie View, TX is leaning conservative.
Waller County, Texas is strongly 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.
Prairie View, 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 Prairie View, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 294 contributions totaling $21,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 716 contributions totaling $187,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)