The politics in the 77622 Hamshire, TX area are largely dominated by the Republican Party. There is a City Council that consists of five members that are elected by local residents to represent their interests. The mayor, who serves as the executive leader of the City, is also elected by local residents. The City Council meets regularly to discuss and pass legislation on matters such as taxation, public services, and public safety. Local elections often feature candidates from both major parties running for various local office positions. Although the Republican Party holds a majority of seats in the City Council, there are still many opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process through various outlets such as voting, participating in local debates or forums, attending town hall meetings, and joining political action groups or organizations.
The political climate in Zip 77622 (Hamshire, TX) is somewhat 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 77622 (Hamshire, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Hamshire, Texas is somewhat 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.
Hamshire, 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 77622 (Hamshire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $4,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)