77661 Stowell, TX is a small community with a population of around 805 people. The town has local elections every two years to elect officials to represent the needs of the community. Currently, the mayor of Stowell is Joe Thompson who was elected in 2017 and his term will expire in 2021. Other members of the city council include Larry Brown, Steve Anderson, and Rebecca Smith who were also all elected in 2017. All local political candidates running for office pledge to put their best efforts into finding solutions that benefit the residents of Stowell. They all strive to make sure that laws are fair, taxes are kept low, and resources are used efficiently for public services such as schools, libraries, parks, and roads. The city council holds regular meetings throughout the year to discuss any new initiatives or changes proposed by citizens or businesses within the town’s limits.
The political climate in Zip 77661 (Stowell, TX) is very conservative.
Chambers County, TX is very conservative. In Chambers County, TX 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chambers county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 18.5%.
Chambers county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77661 (Stowell, TX) is very conservative.
Stowell, Texas is very conservative.
Chambers County, Texas is very conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Stowell, 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 77661 (Stowell)
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 40 contributions totaling $16,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)