Hitchcock, TX is a small town located in Galveston County in the state of Texas. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged with local government. The town has a mayor-council form of government, which allows citizens to work closely with their elected officials to shape their town's future. Local elections are held annually to determine who will be representing residents on the council. In recent years there have been several candidates running for office, each bringing their own unique perspective to the table. Issues such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure maintenance are often key points that potential candidates focus on during campaigns to earn support from voters. The current mayor is committed to increasing transparency and citizen involvement in order to ensure a prosperous future for Hitchcock.
The political climate in Hitchcock, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hitchcock, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately 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.
Hitchcock, 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 Hitchcock, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 727 contributions totaling $47,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,001 contributions totaling $126,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)