Pittsburg, TX is a small town located in Northeast Texas. While it is not large in population, its residents are passionate about local politics and take an active role in the political happenings of their town. The city has a mayor-council form of government, which includes an elected mayor and five council members who serve two-year terms. Local elections are held annually to determine the city's representation. Much of Pittsburg's politics revolve around issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development, and maintaining a high quality of life for all citizens. In addition to electing the mayor and council members, citizens have the opportunity to vote on important ballot measures that may affect the future of Pittsburg for generations.
The political climate in Pittsburg, TX is moderately conservative.
Camp County, TX is very conservative. In Camp County, TX 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.5%.
Camp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pittsburg, TX is moderately conservative.
Camp 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.
Pittsburg, 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 Pittsburg, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $7,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $64,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)