Dayton, Texas is a small town located in the southeastern portion of Liberty County. It is an active community with a strong sense of civic pride and participation. The city government is comprised of a Mayor and five City Council members who are elected by the citizens every two years. The Mayor and Council hold regular meetings to discuss and vote on important issues that affect the citizens of Dayton such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and quality-of-life initiatives. Additionally, the City Council also acts as a liaison between the citizens and local state legislators in order to ensure that public concerns are heard in Austin. All residents of Dayton are encouraged to participate in their government by attending City Council meetings, voting during elections, or simply getting involved through volunteer opportunities.
The political climate in Dayton, TX is moderately conservative.
Liberty County, TX is very conservative. In Liberty County, TX 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Liberty county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.7%.
Liberty county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dayton, TX is moderately conservative.
Liberty 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.
Dayton, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Dayton, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $5,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $25,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)