The Huntsville Metro Area is a vibrant region located in Texas, and its politics reflect the diversity of the surrounding areas. The region is served by many elected officials at both the state and local levels who are dedicated to serving the needs of their constituents. Among them are U.S. Representative Kevin Brady from The Woodlands, State Senator Robert Nichols from Jacksonville, State Representative John Otto from Dayton, and State Representatives Trent Ashby of Lufkin and Will Metcalf of Conroe. These representatives strive to represent the interests of their communities, and they work with other legislators in order to achieve progress for their districts. The City of Huntsville also has its own government, which provides services such as infrastructure maintenance, public safety, sanitation, recreation programs, and economic development initiatives that benefit residents throughout the city. In addition, several special districts provide services for areas like education and healthcare throughout the metro area. All these local entities offer citizens an opportunity to be involved in the decisions that shape their community's future.
The political climate in Huntsville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Huntsville Metro Area 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Huntsville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.9%.
The Huntsville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huntsville 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.
Huntsville, 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 Huntsville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 678 contributions totaling $54,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,484 contributions totaling $197,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)