San Leon, TX is a small city in the southeastern corner of Texas. It is home to around 2,000 people and has a vibrant local political scene. City politicians are responsible for addressing the needs of their constituents and for enacting policies that improve the quality of life in San Leon. In recent years, many successful initiatives have been undertaken to address issues such as economic development, public safety, and environmental protection. The current mayor of San Leon is Mayor Mike Kemp, who was elected in 2018 on a platform that promises further progress for the city's future. Additionally, there are several members of the City Council who work with Mayor Kemp to ensure that all voices within the city are being heard and represented adequately.
The political climate in San Leon, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston County, TX is moderately conservative. In Galveston County, TX 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Galveston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Galveston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Leon, TX is somewhat conservative.
Galveston 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.
San Leon, 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 San Leon, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 662 contributions totaling $56,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 731 contributions totaling $87,378 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)