Dawson, Texas is a small town in the northern part of the state. Its politics are centered around local issues such as economic growth and supporting businesses within the city. The mayor of Dawson is elected by citizens in a local election every two years. The current mayor is Bob Johnson who was elected to his fourth term in 2020. The city council consists of five members who are also voted into office for four-year terms. They oversee budgeting, public safety, and public works initiatives within the city. Throughout the year, the mayor and council hold regular meetings to discuss new ideas and review progress on existing initiatives. Because it's a small community, local elections are highly contested events with several candidates vying for each position. Although the voters have varied opinions on certain policies, they share common goals when it comes to creating a better future for the city of Dawson.
The political climate in Dawson, TX is strongly conservative.
Navarro County, TX is very conservative. In Navarro County, TX 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Navarro county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.7%.
Navarro county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dawson, TX is strongly conservative.
Navarro County, Texas is very conservative.
Corsicana 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.
Dawson, 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 Dawson, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)