Pine Forest, TX is a small town located in the heart of Texas. While it may be small, it has a very robust political scene that is heavily involved in local and state elections. With nearly 10,000 residents, Pine Forest has 2 city council seats up for election every two years. The incumbents are often challenged by newcomers who are passionate about making positive changes to the community. Local debates are held regularly where candidates express their views on various issues affecting the town. Voter turnout for these elections is usually quite high and citizens take great pride in exercising their right to vote. Pine Forest also focuses heavily on education and other social services that help strengthen the community. It remains an important part of the larger political landscape in Texas and continues to be a cornerstone of its democracy.
The political climate in Pine Forest, TX is strongly conservative.
Orange County, TX is very conservative. In Orange County, TX 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.7%.
Orange county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Forest, TX is strongly conservative.
Orange County, Texas is very conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pine Forest, 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 Pine Forest, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $22,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $27,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)