Waller County is located in Southeast Texas and is home to a diverse population. The county is small but has a strong sense of community, which is reflected in its political activity. A wide range of issues are discussed at local meetings and debates about how best to serve the county's residents. Some of the most popular topics include economic development, access to healthcare, education reform, and environmental protection. Local elections in Waller County are held every two years, giving people the opportunity to make their voices heard on important issues. Candidates from both major parties frequently compete for city and county commissioner positions. Voter turnout is typically high due to the active engagement of local citizens. The most recent election saw all five challengers successfully take office, demonstrating a strong commitment from Waller County residents to making sure that their voices are heard in government decisions.
The political climate in Waller County, TX is strongly conservative.
In Waller County, TX 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waller county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 36.0%.
Waller county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waller County, TX is strongly 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.
Waller, 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 Waller County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $24,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 497 contributions totaling $158,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)