West Columbia, TX is a small city located in the Brazoria County area of Texas. It is an important part of the local political landscape due to its close proximity to Houston, the largest city in Texas. The local politics of West Columbia are mainly focused on municipal and county-level issues such as infrastructure, economic development, public safety, and education. The mayor of West Columbia is Joe M. Gebbie Jr., who has been serving since 2018. The city council consists of five members elected at large who work together to set policies for the city. West Columbia also has a representative in the Texas State House of Representatives and US Congressional Representative District 14, both currently held by Republican Randy Weber. The citizens of West Columbia have made their voices heard through exercising their right to vote and engaging with local politicians to ensure that their needs are being met.
The political climate in West Columbia, TX is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, TX is moderately conservative. In Brazoria County, TX 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazoria county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 40.2%.
Brazoria county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Columbia, TX is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria 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.
West Columbia, 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 West Columbia, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $3,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $17,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)