In Pollok, TX (75969), politics are an integral part of the local community. This city is located in Angelina County and is represented by District 5 in the Texas State House of Representatives, currently held by Representative Trent Ashby. The mayor of Pollok is Richard Lindsey and the six aldermen are: Judy Blanchard, Pat Bond, Kerry Arnold, Michael Studdard, Earl Moore and Sam Clark. The political landscape of this city is focused on continuing to improve the quality of life for its citizens by investing in infrastructure projects such as new businesses and recreational facilities. Residents can also get involved with their local government by attending council meetings or voting in elections. Pollok prides itself on being one of the most politically active communities in East Texas and continues to strive for greater participation from its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 75969 (Pollok, TX) is very conservative.
Angelina County, TX is very conservative. In Angelina County, TX 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Angelina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.4%.
Angelina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75969 (Pollok, TX) is very conservative.
Pollok, Texas is very conservative.
Angelina County, Texas is very conservative.
Lufkin 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.
Pollok, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 75969 (Pollok)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $6,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)