Conroe, Texas is a small city located in Montgomery County. It is home to a diverse population of around 92,000 people who are served by their local government and elected officials. While the citizens of Conroe enjoy a wide range of services from their local government, they also have access to various political organizations and activities that allow them to take part in decision making processes. The City Council consists of seven members; four are elected at-large while three are elected from single-member districts. Every two years, residents will elect the Mayor who serves as the presiding officer for all meetings and exercises executive authority over all municipal departments. In addition to this local governance structure, there are many opportunities for citizens to participate in issues pertinent to Conroe by joining special interest groups such as the Conroe Taxpayers Coalition or the League of Women Voters which advocate for increased transparency in budgeting and taxation. Furthermore, elections such as presidential elections draw high turnout rates as citizens actively seek out candidates who best represent their interests. All together, politics in Conroe has a strong influence on shaping public policy and giving voice to its residents’ concerns.
The political climate in Conroe, TX is somewhat conservative.
Montgomery County, TX is very conservative. In Montgomery County, TX 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 27.4%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Conroe, TX is somewhat conservative.
Montgomery County, Texas is very 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.
Conroe, 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 Conroe, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,229 contributions totaling $967,503 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,850 contributions totaling $2,996,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)