Centerville, TX is a small town nestled in the heart of Texas. Politically, the town is largely conservative and has been since its founding in 1845. The local government is made up of a mayor and five city council members who are elected by the citizens of Centerville. Additionally, each election cycle sees state representatives, senators, and members of Congress vying for the votes of Centerville’s citizens. With a strong history of voting along party lines, Centerville voters have consistently chosen Republican candidates over Democrats. This trend has remained in recent years with right-leaning politicians winning nearly every election cycle. This political makeup highlights the values held by most residents throughout the town’s rich history - traditional values that many hold dear to this day.
The political climate in Centerville, TX is strongly conservative.
Leon County, TX is very conservative. In Leon County, TX 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.6% to 12.3%.
Leon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Centerville, TX is strongly conservative.
Leon 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.
Centerville, 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 Centerville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $11,228 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)