The small town of Ben Bolt, TX 78342 is home to a population of just over 1,000 people. It is located in Jim Wells County and has a Mayor-Council government system. The current mayor, Robert Gonzales, was elected in 2013 and is now serving his third term. The Town Council consists of five members who are elected at-large to serve two-year terms. They focus on passing ordinances relating to local matters like roads, police protection, water supplies, and parks. Local issues are important for the citizens of Ben Bolt and they take an active role in the decision making process. Voting takes place every year for the Town Council elections with an ever growing number of residents participating each time. Despite its small size, politics in Ben Bolt brings out the passion of its citizens who strive for change and progress in their community.
The political climate in Zip 78342 (Ben Bolt, TX) is leaning conservative.
Jim Wells County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Jim Wells County, TX 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jim Wells county flipped moderately Republican, 54.5% to 44.8%.
Jim Wells county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78342 (Ben Bolt, TX) is leaning conservative.
Ben Bolt, Texas is leaning conservative.
Jim Wells County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Alice Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Ben Bolt, Texas: D d D D D 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 78342 (Ben Bolt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $453 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)