Beaumont, TX (77702) is a growing city in Texas with a unique mix of residents from different backgrounds. Politically, it is considered to be a diverse city with active participation from both sides of the political aisle. Locally, there are several important issues that citizens care about such as economic development, affordable housing, education reform and public safety. There are also various local political organizations working to ensure that citizens have their voices heard and their needs addressed. In Beaumont, TX (77702), politics is an important part of life and an integral part of the community.
The political climate in Zip 77702 (Beaumont, TX) is leaning liberal.
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 77702 (Beaumont, TX) is leaning liberal.
Beaumont, Texas is leaning liberal.
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 77702 (Beaumont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $21,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $65,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $439 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)