Brazoria, TX is a small town located in Southeast Texas. It is governed by an elected mayor and city council who work together to make decisions that best serve the community's needs. The city council is responsible for passing ordinances, creating budgets, and managing the day-to-day operations of the city. The mayor serves as the head of the government and has veto power over all decisions made by the council. In recent years, Brazoria has seen increasing support for progressive policies such as increasing financial aid to local businesses, improving infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, and advocating for renewable energy sources. Local elections are held every two years with a variety of candidates from both major political parties running for office. Residents of Brazoria have a strong sense of civic duty, regularly casting their votes to ensure their voice is heard in local politics.
The political climate in Brazoria, TX is moderately conservative.
Brazoria County, TX is moderately conservative. In Brazoria County, TX 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazoria county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 40.2%.
Brazoria county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brazoria, TX is moderately conservative.
Brazoria 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.
Brazoria, 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 Brazoria, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $9,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $18,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)