Politics in Silsbee, TX is an important part of the town's operations. The town is served by a mayor-council form of government, with the Mayor acting as the chief executive and the City Council having legislative authority over local issues. In Silsbee, the City Council is composed of five members who are elected by residents to serve two-year terms. Each council member is responsible for representing their district and working with other members to make decisions that affect the entire city. The Mayor presides over all meetings and has veto power on any ordinance passed by the City Council. Currently, Mayor Pro Tem Mark Waggoner serves as Mayor of Silsbee and all other members of the City Council are also elected officials. As politics play a large role in how things are run in Silsbee, citizens should be aware and informed about their local government processes and representatives.
The political climate in Silsbee, TX is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, TX is very conservative. In Hardin County, TX 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.6%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silsbee, TX is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, Texas is very conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Silsbee, 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 Silsbee, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $5,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $12,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)