East Mountain, TX is a small rural town located in the south central region of Texas. This small town has been in existence since the late 1800's and has a long history of political activity. Local politics in East Mountain, TX are largely centered around issues relating to the economy, education, and infrastructure development. The current mayor of East Mountain is John Smith who was elected in 2019 after running on a platform focused on economic growth and job creation for its citizens. In addition to the mayor, there are five other members on the City Council that were elected during that same election cycle. These council members are charged with tackling a variety of issues related to local government including budgets, taxes, public safety, and more. In general, East Mountain residents have a strong sense of civic pride that contributes positively to their local political environment and makes it one where cooperation and collaboration between elected officials are highly valued.
The political climate in East Mountain, TX is very conservative.
Upshur County, TX is very conservative. In Upshur County, TX 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upshur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.2%.
Upshur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Mountain, TX is very conservative.
Upshur County, Texas is very conservative.
Longview 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.
East Mountain, 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 East Mountain, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,024 contributions totaling $146,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,693 contributions totaling $348,423 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)