Politics in 77420 Boling, TX is an integral part of the community. As a rural community, local politics can have a large impact on the daily lives of its residents. The city council works to govern operations within the city and provides input on legislative measures proposed by state representatives. Local elections for mayor and city council positions are held every two years. Candidates often focus their campaigns on improving infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and quality of life initiatives that benefit the community as a whole. Additionally, citizens of 77420 Boling can take part in both state and national politics by voting in general elections as well as special referendums proposed by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 77420 (Boling, TX) is strongly conservative.
Wharton County, TX is very conservative. In Wharton County, TX 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wharton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 28.0%.
Wharton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77420 (Boling, TX) is strongly conservative.
Boling, Texas is strongly conservative.
Wharton County, Texas is very conservative.
El Campo 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.
Boling, 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 77420 (Boling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $6,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)