Brazoria County is located in the southeastern part of Texas and is known for its strong sense of community. It is home to several cities, including Pearland, Alvin, Angleton, and Lake Jackson. Politically, Brazoria County leans conservatively and as such, has traditionally voted Republican in national elections. There are various local political candidates running for office this year who all have their own campaigns and platforms. Those running range from city council members to county judges and commissioners. Each candidate brings their own unique perspective to the table and are fighting to make a positive change and better the lives of those in Brazoria County. It will be interesting to see which of these candidates gets elected and how it will shape the future of politics in the area.
The political climate in Brazoria County, TX is moderately conservative.
In Brazoria County, TX 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazoria county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 40.2%.
Brazoria county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brazoria County, TX 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.
Brazoria, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Brazoria County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,498 contributions totaling $749,233 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,552 contributions totaling $1,023,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)