Angleton, Texas is located in Brazoria County and is known for its vibrant local politics. The city has a population of 19,297 people and covers an area of 17 square miles. Various political issues are discussed in the community, such as education, public safety and economic development. Local elections occur regularly, with candidates running for mayor, city council and other elected positions. Political debates are held to inform citizens about the candidates’ views on these and other important matters. Residents stay informed by attending town hall meetings or watching television broadcasts of City Council sessions. With its healthy civic atmosphere, Angleton is actively engaging in the political conversation at both the local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 77515 (Angleton, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, TX is moderately conservative. In Brazoria County, TX 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazoria county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 40.2%.
Brazoria county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77515 (Angleton, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Angleton, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Angleton, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 77515 (Angleton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 270 contributions totaling $15,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $26,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)