Beaumont, TX is located in Jefferson County and is home to over 120,000 residents. It has a long history of political engagement, with citizens taking part in local elections and voicing their opinions on important issues. In the past several years, the city has seen various candidates running for local offices such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and county commissioners. Recently there have been several new faces among the candidates hoping to represent Beaumont on the local level. These individuals have brought fresh ideas and perspectives to the political arena that reflects the values of many residents of Beaumont. The citizens of Beaumont take pride in participating in their city’s democracy by voting and engaging actively in politics at every level in order to ensure a flourishing future for their community.
The political climate in Zip 77713 (Beaumont, TX) is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, TX is leaning conservative. In Jefferson County, TX 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.6%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77713 (Beaumont, TX) is leaning conservative.
Beaumont, Texas is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Beaumont, Texas: d d d d 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 77713 (Beaumont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $41,752 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 257 contributions totaling $76,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)