Van Vleck, TX is a small town in the southern United States that has been steadily growing since its establishment. Politically, Van Vleck is a conservative-leaning community with local politicians who tend to favor traditional values and policies. Recently, there has been increased support for the Republican party in Van Vleck, with many people feeling strongly about issues such as lower taxes and gun rights. While some of these Republicans have had success at the state level, the majority of Van Vleck's local government remains under Democratic control. In recent elections, citizens have come together to voice their opinions on various issues such as public education and infrastructure improvements. As the population of Van Vleck grows, so too do the debates around how best to serve its citizens.
The political climate in Van Vleck, TX is strongly conservative.
Matagorda County, TX is very conservative. In Matagorda County, TX 27.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Matagorda county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.2%.
Matagorda county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Vleck, TX is strongly conservative.
Matagorda County, Texas is very conservative.
Bay City Metro Area is very 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.
Van Vleck, 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 Van Vleck, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $9,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 327 contributions totaling $39,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)