Alvin, Texas is located in Brazoria County and has a population of approximately 27,000 people. It is known as one of the most politically active towns in the county, with residents that are frequently engaged in debates about local issues. The town is strongly represented by voices from both sides of the political spectrum and there is a significant amount of voter turnout during elections. While many residents may identify themselves with certain party affiliations, it is not uncommon to find local politicians who have views that span across the political aisle. Popular topics among politicians in Alvin include taxes, education, infrastructure and public safety. During election season, local candidates routinely campaign door-to-door to get their message out to constituents and gain support from their community.
The political climate in Zip 77511 (Alvin, 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 77511 (Alvin, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Alvin, 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.
Alvin, 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 77511 (Alvin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,037 contributions totaling $42,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 464 contributions totaling $66,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)