Big Lake, TX is a small town located in West Texas. With a population of around 1,800 people, it has a rich history and culture. Politically, the town is represented by various elected officials at the local level. These local representatives are responsible for representing the people's interests and providing necessary services to the community. The current mayor of Big Lake is Joseph Evans and on the City Council there are four additional members: Toby Anderson, Natalie Jennings, Teresa Miller, and Kelly Owens. Together these five individuals form an effective team that works to make sure Big Lake remains a safe and enjoyable place to live while also ensuring its citizens' needs are met. They take part in important decision-making processes that affect the town as well as legislative efforts that put Big Lake’s best interests first.
The political climate in Big Lake, TX is moderately conservative.
Reagan County, TX is very conservative. In Reagan County, TX 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reagan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.3%.
Reagan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Lake, TX is moderately conservative.
Reagan 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.
Big Lake, 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 Big Lake, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)