The city of Groves, TX, located in 77619 zip code has a council-manager form of government. The city council consists of five members who are elected at large and serve two-year terms. The mayor is selected from the five council members by the council itself and serves as the presiding officer for one year. The current mayor is Cora Rogers, who was elected to the position in 2019. There are also three other members on the city council: Wilbert Smith, Evelyn Lopez, and Maria Martinez. Local politics in Groves largely focus on public safety, infrastructure investment, and economic growth. The city is currently tackling a number of projects related to these topics including improving its fire department and expanding its parks program. Additionally, residents often voice their concerns about taxes, traffic congestion, and street repairs.
The political climate in Zip 77619 (Groves, TX) is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, TX is leaning conservative. In Jefferson County, TX 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 48.6%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77619 (Groves, TX) is leaning conservative.
Groves, Texas is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Groves, Texas: d d d d 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 77619 (Groves)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $5,269 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $8,399 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)