Gardendale, TX is a small town in Texas with a population of about 7,000 people. The town's politics are largely shaped by its local government. The mayor of the city is currently Steve Wegee, who was elected in 2017 and is running for re-election this year. There are two City Council members who work with the mayor to create ordinances and decide other important matters that affect the city. Each serves a two-year term and is elected by the citizens of Gardendale during municipal elections. Additionally, Gardendale has two representatives in the state legislature who help bring attention to local issues and try to pass laws that benefit their constituents. Overall, politics in Gardendale are focused on making sure its citizens have access to quality services and resources and that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Gardendale, TX is strongly conservative.
Ector County, TX is very conservative. In Ector County, TX 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ector county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.5%.
Ector county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gardendale, TX is strongly conservative.
Ector County, Texas is very conservative.
Odessa 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.
Gardendale, 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 Gardendale, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $11,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)