Appleby, TX is a small town with a strong sense of community. There are many political activities that take place in Appleby, including town hall meetings, local elections, and campaign drives. Currently, the mayor of Appleby is Joe Smith and there are three city council members: Sue Watson, Jack Davis, and Robert Johnson. The town holds elections every four years to choose the mayor and city council members. During election season the citizens of Appleby come together to discuss the issues that matter most to them in their hometown. They strive to make sure all voices are heard and valued when making decisions for their community. Although there isn’t a large population in Appleby, residents have always been active in town politics and do their best to ensure each vote counts.
The political climate in Appleby, TX is strongly conservative.
Nacogdoches County, TX is strongly conservative. In Nacogdoches County, TX 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nacogdoches county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 33.6%.
Nacogdoches county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Appleby, TX is strongly conservative.
Nacogdoches County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Nacogdoches Metro Area is strongly 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.
Appleby, 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 Appleby, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $45,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 636 contributions totaling $132,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)