Big Spring, TX is a small city in West Texas. The city has a rich political history; it is the former home of Congressman George Bush Sr., and is currently represented by U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington in the House of Representatives. The Big Spring City Council is made up of six elected members who serve as the legislative body for the City, and they are supported by a number of appointed boards, commissions, and committees that help to ensure the smooth running of the municipality. In addition to local elections, Big Spring residents can participate in state and national elections every two years. These elections give citizens an opportunity to have their voice heard on important issues affecting their community. Education, economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection are all important issues for Big Spring residents; voting in these elections allows citizens to make sure their opinion counts!
The political climate in Big Spring, TX is moderately conservative.
Howard County, TX is very conservative. In Howard County, TX 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.2%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Spring, TX is moderately conservative.
Howard County, Texas is very conservative.
Big Spring Metro Area 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 Spring, 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 Spring, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $14,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,112 contributions totaling $194,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)