77486 West Columbia, TX is an area steeped in political history and activity. As the county seat for Brazoria County, West Columbia is home to many local and state government organizations, making it a hub for political action. Many of the local political issues center around improving public services such as education, housing, infrastructure and health care. The community also shows strong support for candidates from both major parties in elections at all levels of government. On the state level, citizens have recently elected several new representatives to its State House and Senate that have voiced their commitment to working on behalf of their constituents. With its vibrant culture and immense potential for growth, 77486 West Columbia provides an ideal environment for active political engagement and progressive change.
The political climate in Zip 77486 (West Columbia, TX) is moderately 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
Zip 77486 (West Columbia, TX) is moderately conservative.
West Columbia, Texas is moderately 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.
West Columbia, 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 77486 (West Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $3,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $17,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)