Seymour, Texas is a small town located in the northern part of the state. While it may be small in size, its politics are lively and varied. Seymour has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer of the city and four council members responsible for making laws and managing resources. The current mayor is Pat Mosely who was elected in 2020 after his predecessor had been in office for nine years. The city council consists of five members who are elected by the people from five different wards. They hold their meetings each month on the first Thursday at 6:30 pm to discuss any new issues or decisions that need to be made for the welfare of the citizens. All residents are encouraged to attend these meetings and voice their opinions, no matter their political affiliation or beliefs.
The political climate in Seymour, TX is strongly conservative.
Baylor County, TX is very conservative. In Baylor County, TX 10.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.8% to 10.8%.
Baylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seymour, TX is strongly conservative.
Baylor 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.
Seymour, 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 Seymour, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $4,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)