Cuney, TX is a small rural town located in Cherokee County. It is an economically disadvantaged community with limited resources and a population of only 458 people. Despite the small size of the town, Cuney’s local politics are important to its residents and have been an integral part of the town’s history since it was first established. Local political candidates seeking office must demonstrate their genuine commitment to improving the quality of life for Cuney’s citizens by focusing on issues that directly affect them such as job opportunities, housing affordability, health care access, and environmental protection. The town also has strong ties to organized labor and its local government is known for being strongly pro-union. In addition to local elections, Cuney residents have been involved in state and national elections as well, with most voting Democrat from election to election. As Cuney continues to grow and evolve, its local politics will remain at the forefront of its progress.
The political climate in Cuney, TX is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, TX is very conservative. In Cherokee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.6%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cuney, TX is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Texas is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Cuney, 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 Cuney, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $10,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $66,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)