Denison, TX is a small city located in Grayson County. This city has a mayor-council form of government, which means the mayor is elected by citizens to provide leadership and oversee the city’s functions. The council consists of five members who are elected by citizens and serve two-year terms. All council members are responsible for voting on laws and ordinances for the city. Additionally, Denison has a police department that provides law enforcement to its citizens as well as a large fire department that responds to fires and other emergencies. Denison also participates in elections at both the state and federal levels, allowing its citizens to vote for their local representatives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Denison, TX is moderately conservative.
Grayson County, TX is very conservative. In Grayson County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Denison, TX is moderately conservative.
Grayson County, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman-Denison 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.
Denison, 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 Denison, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,767 contributions totaling $69,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 928 contributions totaling $670,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $723 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)