Big Lake, TX is a small town located in Reagan County with a population of 2,936. Despite its size, Big Lake has an active political atmosphere and the current political landscape is focused on local issues that affect the community. The town is primarily conservative and the majority of political candidates running for office tend to be Republican or Libertarian-leaning. Although there are no local candidates currently running at the moment, in recent years these have included Mayor Joe Moseley Jr., Councilman David Moody, and City Administrator Barbra Alexander. All three of these incumbents focused on making Big Lake a better community through increased funding for infrastructure projects and improving public services. They also prioritized economic growth by offering tax incentives for businesses who move into the area. With the upcoming elections in November, it will be interesting to see which candidates step up to represent this small town and what their priorities might be if elected.
The political climate in Zip 76932 (Big Lake, TX) is strongly conservative.
Reagan County, TX is very conservative. In Reagan County, TX 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reagan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.3%.
Reagan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76932 (Big Lake, TX) is strongly conservative.
Big Lake, Texas is strongly conservative.
Reagan County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Big Lake, 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 76932 (Big Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)