La Ward, TX is a small community located in Jackson County with a population of around 500 people. Though it may be small in size, the politics in La Ward, TX remain an important topic for local residents. The city government is led by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. All five of these positions are chosen by popular vote, so La Ward citizens take their civic duties seriously when it comes to voting in every election. There is also an advisory board that helps guide the city council on local issues and help them make informed decisions on behalf of their constituents. The Texas primary elections are held every March and general elections occur in November, ensuring that the citizens of La Ward have ample opportunity to voice their opinions at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 77970 (La Ward, TX) is very conservative.
Jackson County, TX is very conservative. In Jackson County, TX 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.3% to 16.3%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77970 (La Ward, TX) is very conservative.
La Ward, Texas is very conservative.
Jackson 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.
La Ward, 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 77970 (La Ward)
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 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)