Yoakum, TX is a small town nestled in the Texas Hill Country. It is home to a diverse population of just over 5,000 people and has a rich history of political involvement. The city is governed by an elected mayor and five council members who are voted into office by the citizens of Yoakum. It also participates in many county and state elections with local political candidates vying for votes along with those from other cities in the surrounding area. Yoakum's local government works hard to ensure that its residents have access to quality education and public services as well as job opportunities and economic development initiatives. The city also works closely with other towns in the area to ensure that everyone has a voice when it comes to important decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Yoakum, TX is moderately conservative.
Lavaca County, TX is very conservative. In Lavaca County, TX 13.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lavaca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 13.1%.
Lavaca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yoakum, TX is moderately conservative.
Lavaca County, Texas 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.
Yoakum, 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 Yoakum, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $5,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 310 contributions totaling $79,314 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)