The politics in 77518 Bacliff, TX are largely shaped by the local government and its representatives. The city is part of Galveston County and operates under a council-manager form of government, which is led by five elected city council members and a mayor. The current mayor is Anthony Matranga, and the current city council members are Lawrence Leonard, Patricia Ahumada, Jose Rodriguez, Kenneth Sonnier, and Oscar Palacios. Residents of Bacliff may participate in their local politics through voting in elections or attending council meetings. Additionally, residents can get involved by attending community events or contributing to local causes like environmental conservation or safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 77518 (Bacliff, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77518 (Bacliff, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Bacliff, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Galveston 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.
Bacliff, 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 77518 (Bacliff)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $4,717 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $60,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)