Powell, TX is a small town located in the North Texas region of the state. The town has a population of around 1000 people and is known for being a tight-knit community with a strong sense of civic pride. Politically, the town leans mostly toward the conservative side of things as evidenced by its overwhelmingly Republican voting history. Despite this fact, Powell is home to numerous debates and discussions on current events, issues, and policies that affect its citizens. Local political candidates often hold public forums to raise their profile in the area and get their message out to the people. Moreover, there are regularly hosted events such as town hall meetings where residents can engage in dialogue with elected officials about various matters pertaining to the community. All in all, politics in Powell are an important part of life for its citizens and serve as an integral part of keeping this small Texas town close-knit.
The political climate in Powell, TX is strongly conservative.
Navarro County, TX is very conservative. In Navarro County, TX 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Navarro county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.7%.
Navarro county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Powell, TX is strongly conservative.
Navarro County, Texas is very conservative.
Corsicana 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.
Powell, 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 Powell, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $17,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)