Taft Southwest, TX is a small town located in the southwest corner of Texas and is known for its vibrant culture and close-knit community. The local politics of Taft Southwest revolve around issues that are important to the citizens such as education, infrastructure, healthcare and economic growth. Residents of the town take part in city council meetings to express their opinions on various topics affecting their daily lives. The members of the council work hard to ensure that the needs of citizens are met while still maintaining good fiscal responsibility. Local elections are held every two years so that residents can elect candidates they feel will best represent them and their interests within the community. Overall, Taft Southwest has a strong sense of community and shared values which have been embraced by those who live there.
The political climate in Taft Southwest, TX is leaning conservative.
San Patricio County, TX is strongly conservative. In San Patricio County, TX 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Patricio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
San Patricio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taft Southwest, TX is leaning conservative.
San Patricio County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Corpus Christi Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Taft Southwest, 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 Taft Southwest, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $2,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)