Winters, TX is a small town located in Runnels County, Texas. As such, it is governed by the same local political representatives that oversee the affairs of the county. The city is currently headed by Mayor David Allen and the Winters City Council comprised of six members. Issues addressed at the local level range from public works to land use planning as well as budgeting, economic development, and environmental stewardship. Elections for both mayor and city council are held every two years with the most recent being on November 8th, 2020. During this election cycle, several candidates ran for mayor while four candidates ran for seats on the city council. Though some elections were contested, each seat was filled with individuals who all strive to serve their community in a meaningful way by bringing fresh new ideas to help improve Winters as a whole.
The political climate in Winters, TX is moderately conservative.
Runnels County, TX is very conservative. In Runnels County, TX 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Runnels county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.5%.
Runnels county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winters, TX is moderately conservative.
Runnels 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.
Winters, 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 Winters, 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 26 contributions totaling $6,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)