Brenham, TX is a small city located in Washington County with a population of around 15,000. The local political scene in Brenham is dominated by the Republican party, with most elected positions held by Republican candidates. In the past two decades, several Republicans have been elected to serve on the City Council and Board of Aldermen. Additionally, Republicans also hold seats in the local school board, water district board and other county offices. Recent years have seen Democrats making strong bids for positions at every level of local government, creating a more competitive political environment in the city. In this upcoming election cycle there are expected to be numerous races between Republicans and Democrats for various local offices as both parties seek to increase their representation in Brenham's government.
The political climate in Brenham, TX is moderately conservative.
Washington County, TX is very conservative. In Washington County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brenham, TX is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Texas is very conservative.
Brenham 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.
Brenham, 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 Brenham, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 701 contributions totaling $34,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 693 contributions totaling $172,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)