Somerville, TX is a small city located in Leon County with a population of around 1,000 citizens. The politics in the area reflect the views of its citizens, who are mainly conservative leaning. Somerville's local government consists of a mayor and five city council members who make decisions that affect the day-to-day activities of the town. The mayor holds office for two years and can be re-elected for an unlimited number of terms. The city council members serve four year terms and can also be re-elected if desired. Elections for all local political offices take place every two years in May. Local elections typically have low turnout rates due to the size of the town, but candidates still campaign heavily to gain support from the community to win their races. Overall, Somerville's politics tend to focus on keeping taxes low, controlling spending, and ensuring that basic services are provided to its citizens.
The political climate in Somerville, TX is strongly conservative.
Burleson County, TX is very conservative. In Burleson County, TX 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burleson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.8%.
Burleson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerville, TX is strongly conservative.
Burleson County, Texas is very conservative.
College Station-Bryan Metro Area is moderately 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.
Somerville, 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 Somerville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $14,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)