George West, TX is a small town located in Live Oak County with a population of around 2,500. It is a quiet community that is focused on keeping its rural roots alive and well. Politically, the town leans conservatively and has traditionally been supportive of Republican candidates. Most recent elections have shown local voting trends to be in line with national trends and Republican candidates have typically been the victor. The town is represented by various government offices throughout Texas, including the State Representative for District 35, Todd Hunter. Education and public safety are among top priorities for the residents of George West and there is an engaged citizenry that has taken part in numerous initiatives to maintain a thriving community.
The political climate in Zip 78022 (George West, TX) is strongly conservative.
Live Oak County, TX is very conservative. In Live Oak County, TX 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Live Oak county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 16.2%.
Live Oak county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78022 (George West, TX) is strongly conservative.
George West, Texas is strongly conservative.
Live Oak 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.
George West, 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 78022 (George West)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $738 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $20,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)