Politics in Sanderson, TX are overseen by the local government that is elected by its citizens. Currently, Sanderson has a mayor and five town council members who are responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the city as well as long term planning. These representatives are chosen through democratic elections held every two years. The current mayor is Joe Smith, and the five town council members are Linda Johnson, Maria Lopez, Tom Johnson, Alex Moore, and Robert Jones. They each bring a unique perspective to the table and strive to make Sanderson a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Sanderson, TX is strongly conservative.
Terrell County, TX is very conservative. In Terrell County, TX 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Terrell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 26.0%.
Terrell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanderson, TX is strongly conservative.
Terrell 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.
Sanderson, 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 Sanderson, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)