Whitehouse, TX is a small city located in Smith County, Texas. It has a population of approximately 8,281 people and is considered to be a rural area. Politically, Whitehouse has traditionally leaned towards the Republican party. Most of the local political candidates have come from either the Republican or Democratic party. In recent years, there have been several initiatives aimed at increasing civic engagement and voter turnout in the community. The City Councilor is an elected position who works with local residents to develop policies that will benefit the town and its citizens. The mayor of Whitehouse is also an elected position and serves as the head of executive branch for the city government. As such, they are responsible for overseeing all day-to-day operations within Whitehouse and ensuring that all laws are followed properly. Together with other elected officials, these leaders strive to create a better future for this small community through fiscal responsibility and sound policy making.
The political climate in Whitehouse, TX is strongly conservative.
Smith County, TX is very conservative. In Smith County, TX 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.5%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitehouse, TX is strongly conservative.
Smith County, Texas is very conservative.
Tyler 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.
Whitehouse, 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 Whitehouse, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $15,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $81,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)