The small town of 77482 Van Vleck, TX is home to roughly 1,500 citizens who care deeply about their local politics. The town operates a mayor-council form of government, in which the elected mayor serves as the executive officer and works with the council members and city staff to create and implement policies that benefit the community. Elections are held on a regular basis for both mayor and council seats, giving citizens an opportunity to get involved in their local government. In addition to electing representatives, citizens can stay informed about upcoming initiatives and legislation by attending Town Hall meetings or following the Town’s activity on social media. As 77482 Van Vleck is a relatively small town, local politics often involve issues such as zoning changes, public transportation services, infrastructure improvements and other matters that directly affect the residents’ daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 77482 (Van Vleck, TX) is strongly conservative.
Matagorda County, TX is very conservative. In Matagorda County, TX 27.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Matagorda county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.2%.
Matagorda county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77482 (Van Vleck, TX) is strongly conservative.
Van Vleck, Texas is strongly conservative.
Matagorda County, Texas is very conservative.
Bay City 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.
Van Vleck, 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 77482 (Van Vleck)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)