Texas City, TX is a vibrant and diverse city with an active political presence. As the county seat of Galveston County, Texas City is home to many local government offices that are responsible for the oversight of the city's politics. The mayor and city council are elected by citizens to manage the day-to-day operations of the city. These officials are responsible for creating and executing policies that benefit the community. Additionally, state representatives and senators serve in the Texas Legislature to represent Texas City in Austin on matters pertaining to state law and policy. The local political candidates running in each election cycle help shape the future of Texas City's leadership and governance.
The political climate in Texas City, TX is leaning conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Texas City, TX is leaning conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately 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.
Texas City, 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 Texas City, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,017 contributions totaling $581,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,951 contributions totaling $778,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)