College Station, TX is an active and vibrant city that is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University. The city's vibrant culture and strong economy make it a great place to live and work. Politically, College Station is a part of Brazos County, which leans Democratic but has seen some Republican success in recent years. In 2018, Texas Senator Ted Cruz won the county with 51% of the vote over Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s 48%. College Station also boasts a variety of local political candidates who are taking part in efforts to improve their community and help their constituents. From City Council members to State Representatives, these leaders are working hard for the people they represent and helping to shape the future of College Station.
The political climate in College Station, TX is leaning liberal.
Brazos County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Brazos County, TX 41.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazos county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.4%.
Brazos county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
College Station, TX is leaning liberal.
Brazos County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
College Station-Bryan Metro Area is moderately 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.
College Station, 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 College Station, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,294 contributions totaling $966,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,513 contributions totaling $1,452,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)