Bacliff, TX is a small town located in Galveston County. It has a population of around 6,700 people and its local government is administered by the City Council. Like most small towns, Bacliff holds elections every two years to elect local political candidates who will represent the town in different areas. These elected officials include a Mayor, four City Council members, and several other positions. The Town works hard to ensure that their local representatives reflect the philosophical values of the community and serve their constituents with integrity. Numerous candidates have run for election in recent years with different views on how to lead Bacliff forward into the future. Residents of Bacliff have enjoyed watching their local politics grow and develop over time as it creates a sense of community and pride for those living there.
The political climate in Bacliff, TX is somewhat 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
Bacliff, TX is somewhat 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.
Bacliff, 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 Bacliff, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 980 contributions totaling $92,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 582 contributions totaling $208,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)