The city of Galveston, TX, 77550 is largely influenced by its local politics. City Hall is located downtown and the mayor is currently unopposed for reelection in 2020. As the 8th most populous city in Texas, there are numerous elected officials that shape the city's policies and regulations. The City Council is made up of seven members who serve two-year terms and are elected from single-member districts across the city. The City Council works collaboratively with the Mayor to ensure the city meets its goals and objectives in a timely manner. They also work closely with various local community organizations to support and foster a strong sense of civics amongst locals. In addition to these leaders, there are many other state and county representatives who help inform policy decisions throughout Galveston County.
The political climate in Zip 77550 (Galveston, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77550 (Galveston, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Galveston, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, Texas is moderately 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.
Galveston, 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 77550 (Galveston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,769 contributions totaling $183,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $184,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $510 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)