El Campo, TX is a city in Wharton County, located about 50 miles southwest of Houston. The city has a population of over 11,000 and is home to many diverse cultures. The politics in El Campo are largely conservative, with the majority of voters leaning Republican. Although there have been several local political candidates over the years, no major changes have been made to the way government operates in El Campo. Despite this, residents remain engaged in their local politics and actively participate in civic engagement initiatives and elections. In recent years, El Campo has seen an increase in voter turnout as more citizens recognize that their voices are important when it comes to making decisions that affect their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 77437 (El Campo, 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 77437 (El Campo, TX) is strongly conservative.
El Campo, 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.
El Campo, 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 77437 (El Campo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $2,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $41,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)