The city of Bellville, TX (77418) is a small community located in Austin County with an estimated population of 3,562 (as of 2019). The city is governed by a Mayor and six City Councilmembers who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Elizabeth Whitefield and the City Council consists of members Paul Dittrich, Everett Fahlsing, David Gieseke, Fernando Resendez, Vaughn Simpson and Chris Thorne. They are responsible for crafting legislation that takes into account the needs of all citizens in the community. Bellville works closely with local agencies such as the Austin County Sheriff's Office to keep residents safe and informed about local laws and initiatives. This close collaboration between citizens and their elected officials helps ensure that Bellville has a bright future ahead.
The political climate in Zip 77418 (Bellville, TX) is very conservative.
Austin County, TX is very conservative. In Austin County, TX 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Austin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.2%.
Austin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77418 (Bellville, TX) is very conservative.
Bellville, Texas is very conservative.
Austin County, Texas is very 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.
Bellville, 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 77418 (Bellville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $10,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $66,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)