Poynor, TX is an unincorporated community located in Henderson County, Texas. It is a small rural area with an estimated population of around 200 people. Despite its size, Poynor has an active and engaged political scene. Local political candidates from both major parties regularly come to the area to talk about their platforms and hold public events to engage with residents. Additionally, members of the local community often participate in forums and other events to discuss important political issues affecting their town. The Poynor political landscape is largely driven by the values of its citizens—values which heavily emphasize community involvement, education, and equality for all regardless of background or beliefs.
The political climate in Poynor, TX is strongly conservative.
Henderson County, TX is very conservative. In Henderson County, TX 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.4%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poynor, TX is strongly conservative.
Henderson County, Texas is very conservative.
Athens 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.
Poynor, 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 Poynor, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $14,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $22,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)