Belton, TX is a small city located in the U.S. state of Texas. It has a rich political history, with many local politicians having been involved in various aspects of its internal governance and public service. For example, Belton has recently seen two mayoral elections, with the current mayor being re-elected for a second term in 2020. The city council is comprised of five members who are elected at-large and serve two-year terms. Belton also has a number of state representatives serving at both the state and federal level that are responsible for representing the citizens of Belton in matters pertaining to government policy and legislation. As such, politics in Belton can have a significant impact on local issues such as taxation, zoning laws, economic development initiatives, and other important matters.
The political climate in Belton, TX is leaning conservative.
Bell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Bell County, TX 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 44.7%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belton, TX is leaning conservative.
Bell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Killeen-Temple Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Belton, 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 Belton, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,426 contributions totaling $430,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,380 contributions totaling $881,097 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)