Beaumont, TX is located in 77705 and is an area with a strong political presence. The city actively participates in democratic processes, from local elections to the national level. At the local level, Beaumont is represented by several city council and school board members who are elected by a majority of voters in their district. The district also has representatives in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate, continuing to provide a voice for the citizens of Beaumont. Additionally, Beaumont proudly participates in all national elections and works hard to ensure that its citizens' voices are heard on a larger scale.
The political climate in Zip 77705 (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 77705 (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 77705 (Beaumont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 285 contributions totaling $27,294 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $53,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $430 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)