Baytown, TX is a thriving city in the heart of the Houston metropolitan area. While the city has seen strong economic growth over the past decade, it also faces many political challenges. The Baytown City Council consists of nine members who are elected by residents to represent their interests and concerns. Current council members focus on issues ranging from economic development and infrastructure improvement to housing affordability and public safety. They work closely with local officials from Harris County as well as state-level representatives to ensure Baytown remains a great place to live, work, and play. In addition, Baytown residents have a strong voice when it comes to voicing support or opposition to various initiatives that will affect the community. From school funding and tax policy to environmental protection measures, citizens can make their voices heard through voting in local elections as well as other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Baytown, TX is somewhat liberal.
Harris County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Harris County, TX 55.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harris county remained strongly Democratic, 55.9% to 42.7%.
Harris county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baytown, TX is somewhat liberal.
Harris County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
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.
Baytown, Texas: R R d d D D
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 Baytown, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,257 contributions totaling $299,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,129 contributions totaling $466,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)