The Bay City, TX Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse community with an engaged political landscape. Residents of the area are passionate about their local politics, keeping up to date on the latest news from city councils and attending local events hosted by elected officials. The area is a hotbed for political discussion and activism, with people from all walks of life sharing their ideas about important issues that affect them and the wider community. There are several candidates running for election in the upcoming election cycle who are bringing fresh perspectives to the political discourse in Bay City. While each candidate offers different solutions to complex issues such as public safety and economic development, they all share a common goal - ensuring that Bay City remains a great place to live, work, and play.
The political climate in Bay City Metro Area is very conservative.
In Bay City Metro Area 27.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bay City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.2%.
The Bay City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bay City Metro Area 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.
Bay City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bay City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 255 contributions totaling $20,813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 611 contributions totaling $194,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)