Staples, Texas is a small city located in the deep south of Texas. It is a predominantly rural area and the politics in Staples tend to lean towards conservative values. Local elections are often contested between local candidates from both major parties, typically drawing attention due to the close nature of the races. This has caused great debate within the city, as residents are split on their political beliefs and opinions. As a result, many citizens have become engaged in the local political discourse, making sure their voices are heard during election season. The most recent election was fierce but ultimately resulted in a victory for a local conservative candidate who ran on a platform of maintaining traditional values in Staples.
The political climate in Staples, TX is strongly conservative.
Guadalupe County, TX is strongly conservative. In Guadalupe County, TX 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guadalupe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 37.0%.
Guadalupe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Staples, TX is strongly conservative.
Guadalupe County, Texas is strongly conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels 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.
Staples, 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 Staples, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $10,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $8,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)