Gun Barrel City, TX is a small city located in Henderson County. It has a strong sense of community and a focus on family values. The mayor of Gun Barrel City is currently Mark Matthews, who was first elected into office in 2014. The city council consists of five members who are responsible for making important decisions about the city’s budget, infrastructure, and other important matters. Gun Barrel City is known for its commitment to keeping taxes low while providing excellent services to its citizens. In addition, the local political candidates that serve the area are committed to ensuring that all members of the community have their voices heard and their interests protected without sacrificing fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Gun Barrel City, TX is strongly conservative.
Henderson County, TX is very conservative. In Henderson County, TX 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.4%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gun Barrel City, TX is strongly conservative.
Henderson County, Texas is very conservative.
Athens 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.
Gun Barrel City, 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 Gun Barrel City, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 222 contributions totaling $17,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $56,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)