Canton, TX is a small city located in East Texas with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It has a mayor-council government system, and the current mayor is Joe Gunter. The City Council consists of seven members elected from single-member districts to serve two-year terms. The City Council works with the Mayor to set policy, develop long-term plans, and pass ordinances. Additionally, Canton also has a Municipal Court consisting of an appointed judge who presides over cases involving alleged violations of city ordinances. Canton takes pride in its commitment to local democracy and encourages civic engagement throughout the community. Residents have the opportunity to get involved by voting in elections, attending public meetings, and speaking up at forums about important issues or concerns they may have.
The political climate in Canton, TX is strongly conservative.
Van Zandt County, TX is very conservative. In Van Zandt County, TX 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Zandt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Van Zandt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton, TX is strongly conservative.
Van Zandt County, Texas 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.
Canton, 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 Canton, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $6,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 411 contributions totaling $84,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)