Galveston County, TX is an area with a rich political history. The county has seen many political changes over the years as different local representatives have been elected and appointed to positions of influence. Recent elections have brought in new faces, such as Lizzie Fletcher to represent Texas’ 7th Congressional District, a position which she won in 2018. There are also several competitive races for State Senate and Texas House of Representatives seats in Galveston County each election cycle. With the upcoming presidential election on the horizon, Galveston residents can expect to see even more significant changes in their local politics. As such, it is important for voters to stay informed and engaged in order to make sure their voices are heard when it comes time to cast ballots.
The political climate in Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative.
In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Galveston 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.
Galveston, 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 Galveston County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,863 contributions totaling $1,386,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,188 contributions totaling $1,608,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)