The Victoria, TX Metro Area is an important political center in the state of Texas. With a population of over 85,000 people, it is home to many key decision makers and influencers in the local government. The City of Victoria has an elected mayor and city council, who oversee all the operations within its limits. At the county level, Victoria County is governed by four Commissioners Court members who are elected for four-year terms. The area also has several representatives in both the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate that are responsible for representing their constituents on matters of local and state policy. In addition to these officials, residents of Victoria have access to a number of federal representatives from across the country thanks to their proximity to Houston and Corpus Christi metropolitan areas. Overall, politics in the Victoria Metro Area are diverse yet connected with national trends and issues facing Texans today.
The political climate in Victoria Metro Area is very conservative.
In Victoria Metro Area 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Victoria metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.7%.
The Victoria metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Victoria 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.
Victoria, 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 Victoria Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,263 contributions totaling $192,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,849 contributions totaling $386,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)