The San Angelo, TX Metro Area is an expansive region with diverse political views. While there are no local political candidates to name, the area is represented by a number of state and federal representatives in both the Republican and Democratic parties. These representatives have the responsibility of making decisions that affect the many communities within the metropolitan area. They work to provide economic growth, educational opportunities, social services, public safety initiatives and other programs that benefit the citizens living in these communities. The politics of San Angelo, TX Metro Area are important to its residents as they continue to shape the future of this vibrant and diverse region.
The political climate in San Angelo Metro Area is very conservative.
In San Angelo Metro Area 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the San Angelo metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.9%.
The San Angelo metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Angelo 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.
San Angelo, 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 San Angelo Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,845 contributions totaling $137,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,707 contributions totaling $822,059 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)