The politics of the Mineral Wells, TX Metro Area are defined by federal and state laws as well as local city ordinances. The area is composed of six cities that each have their own municipal government. Each city has an elected mayor and council members who make decisions on services, taxes, and other matters concerning the residents. Every two years voters in the metro area have the opportunity to elect representatives to serve in Austin at the state legislature. Additionally, candidates for president and senator from Texas are presented in elections year after year. Overall, Mineral Wells provides citizens with ample opportunities to participate in all levels of government both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Mineral Wells Metro Area is very conservative.
In Mineral Wells Metro Area 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Mineral Wells metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.4%.
The Mineral Wells metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mineral Wells 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.
Mineral Wells, 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 Mineral Wells Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 350 contributions totaling $19,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $90,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)