Nixon, TX is a small city located in Gonzales County with a population of around 3,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and board of five aldermen who are responsible for making decisions regarding the city’s infrastructure, budget, resources, and policies. The current mayor is Eloy Lopez who was elected in 2019 and serves alongside Aldermen Juanita Aguilar, Carlos Rosales, Gloria Morales-Garcia, Adrian Madrigal, and Robert Cantu. These elected officials work hard to ensure that citizens of Nixon have access to essential services such as roads and waterlines as well as recreational activities. Furthermore, they strive to promote economic development in the community through initiatives such as business incubators and workforce training programs. Additionally, the mayor and board of aldermen take an active role in public safety efforts within the city including crime prevention initiatives. All together their hard work has helped create a safe and thriving community for residents of Nixon.
The political climate in Zip 78140 (Nixon, TX) is strongly conservative.
Gonzales County, TX is very conservative. In Gonzales County, TX 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gonzales county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 25.5%.
Gonzales county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78140 (Nixon, TX) is strongly conservative.
Nixon, Texas is strongly conservative.
Gonzales 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.
Nixon, 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 78140 (Nixon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)