Itasca, TX is a small rural town in central Texas. Though the population of Itasca is relatively small, it still plays an active role in local politics. The city is represented on the Hill County Board of Commissioners by three commissioners, all elected by the citizens of Itasca. Each year, local elections are held for mayor and city council members to decide who will lead the community and oversee city initiatives. The political atmosphere in Itasca is often lively and local residents take great pride in their government and ensuring that their voices are heard on various issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Itasca, TX is moderately conservative.
Hill County, TX is very conservative. In Hill County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 19.2%.
Hill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Itasca, TX is moderately conservative.
Hill 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.
Itasca, 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 Itasca, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)