West Livingston, TX is a small town located in Polk County. Despite its size, West Livingston has an active political scene with numerous local candidates vying for office each election cycle. The most recent election cycle saw four candidates run for mayor of the city and six candidates competing for two city council seats. This level of participation reflects the strong sense of civic responsibility that the citizens of West Livingston have towards their local government and community. The strong commitment to democracy that is demonstrated by this level of involvement lends itself to open dialogue on issues and choices for voters come election day.
The political climate in West Livingston, TX is strongly conservative.
Polk County, TX is very conservative. In Polk County, TX 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 22.3%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Livingston, TX is strongly conservative.
Polk 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.
West Livingston, 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 West Livingston, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 337 contributions totaling $100,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 435 contributions totaling $97,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)