San Angelo, TX is a small city located in the heart of West Texas. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, which consists of a mayor and six councilors. The current Mayor is Brenda Gunter who serves alongside the six councilors: Lane Carter, Harry Thomas, Lucy Gonzales, Charlotte Farmer, John Goodson and James Brown. They have a commitment to serve their community with transparency and diligence, focusing on economic development and infrastructure improvements, while also providing a safe and friendly environment for all citizens. The local political candidates for this upcoming election cycle include Tom Thompson who is running for Mayor as well as two City Councilors: Elizabeth Borchers and John Smith. Both candidates bring enthusiasm and commitment to working with the current City Council to continue San Angelo's growth.
The political climate in Zip 76908 (San Angelo, TX) is moderately conservative.
Tom Green County, TX is very conservative. In Tom Green County, TX 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tom Green county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 27.1%.
Tom Green county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76908 (San Angelo, TX) is moderately conservative.
San Angelo, Texas is moderately conservative.
Tom Green County, Texas is very conservative.
San Angelo Metro Area is very 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.
San Angelo, 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 76908 (San Angelo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)