Nederland, TX (77627) is a small town in southeast Texas located near the Gulf Coast. The city is home to a diverse population of nearly 20,000 people and has a strong sense of community pride. Nederland is governed by a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor serves as the executive officer and the council acts as the legislative branch. The current mayor is Jeff Burnam and the five council members are Chief Carl Dethloff, James Janssen, Jay Milton, Richard Blount Jr., and Tom Gilliam. The city council works collaboratively to set policy for local issues such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure. In addition to local government leadership, Nederland also elects representatives at both state and federal levels that serve to represent its citizens’ interests in Austin and Washington DC. Overall, politics in Nederland are focused on creating an environment that allows its residents to thrive, while maintaining a strong sense of community integrity.
The political climate in Zip 77627 (Nederland, 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 77627 (Nederland, TX) is leaning conservative.
Nederland, 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.
Nederland, 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 77627 (Nederland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 336 contributions totaling $45,672 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 313 contributions totaling $109,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)