Surfside Beach, TX is a small beach community located in Brazoria County, Texas. It is known for its beautiful beaches and laid back atmosphere. The city has a small population, but it is still involved in local politics and elections. Surfside Beach has an active city council which works to create laws and regulations that promote the safety of its citizens. Local elections take place every two years for the mayor and city council members, allowing the citizenry to elect representatives who will represent their interests in government decisions. The local representatives work hard to ensure that their constituents are heard and taken care of while they serve. In addition, many initiatives are put forth by Surfside Beach's residents to further improve their community, such as creating new parks or expanding public transportation options. All these efforts help make Surfside Beach an enjoyable place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in Surfside Beach, TX is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, TX is moderately conservative. In Brazoria County, TX 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brazoria county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 40.2%.
Brazoria county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Surfside Beach, TX is somewhat conservative.
Brazoria County, Texas is moderately 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.
Surfside Beach, 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 Surfside Beach, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $21,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)