Rock Island, TX is a small town located in the Houston metropolitan area. It is home to a population of approximately 2,000 people. Politics in Rock Island are fairly straightforward since it is a small community. The majority of political decisions are made through local elections and are overseen by the Town Council. The Town Council consists of five members elected every two years by the citizens of Rock Island. Currently, there are two candidates running for mayor: John Smith and Jane Doe. Their platforms focus on increasing economic development and improving the quality of life in the town by providing better infrastructure and services for its residents. Both candidates have put forth plans to make Rock Island a more desirable place to live, work, and visit. It will be up to the citizens of Rock Island to decide who will become their next mayor in November 2020.
The political climate in Zip 77470 (Rock Island, TX) is very conservative.
Colorado County, TX is very conservative. In Colorado County, TX 24.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colorado county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 24.3%.
Colorado county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77470 (Rock Island, TX) is very conservative.
Rock Island, Texas is very conservative.
Colorado County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Rock Island, 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 77470 (Rock Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $1,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)