Giddings, TX is a small city located in Fayette County, Texas. It has a population of about 5,000 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and quiet residential neighborhoods. The city government consists of a mayor and five council members who are elected by citizens living within the city limits. The mayor serves as the chief executive officer while the council members are responsible for making policy decisions that affect the city’s day-to-day operations. Giddings offers a wide range of services such as public safety, water/sewer utilities, recreation activities, and other quality of life programs to its citizens. Local politics in Giddings focus on providing excellent service to citizens while keeping taxes low and creating a strong local economy. City leaders work together to ensure that resources are allocated efficiently so everyone across Giddings can benefit from the economic measures implemented by their elected officials.
The political climate in Giddings, TX is moderately conservative.
Lee County, TX is very conservative. In Lee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.6%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Giddings, TX is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Texas 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.
Giddings, 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 Giddings, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $4,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $23,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)