New Waverly, TX is a small town in East Texas known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of togetherness. The politics in New Waverly are mainly focused on local issues that affect the town's citizens directly. Residents take an active role in the civic life of their town, attending council meetings to discuss changes proposed by the governing body and offering input on policy decisions. Local elections often see candidates running on platforms of support for schools, public safety initiatives, business growth, and environmental conservation. While national politics can sometimes play a part in these conversations, they are mostly centered around how best to serve the people of New Waverly and ensure that their needs are adequately addressed.
The political climate in New Waverly, TX is moderately conservative.
Walker County, TX is strongly conservative. In Walker County, TX 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.4%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Waverly, TX is moderately conservative.
Walker County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Huntsville 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.
New Waverly, 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 New Waverly, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $76,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $555 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)