South Toledo Bend, TX is a small town with a population of just under 4,000 people. The politics in this town are fairly quiet and uneventful. The town is governed by a mayor and council, who serve part-time and are elected by the residents every two years. During election season, local candidates come out to speak to the people about their platforms and policies. These politicians typically make appearances at local events such as Town Hall meetings or fundraisers, to get their message out to voters. Generally the campaigns go unnoticed outside of South Toledo Bend since there are no major national or state elections held here. Residents of South Toledo Bend have always voted intelligently, choosing representatives who they feel will best represent the interests of their community over any party-line voting that might take place elsewhere in the country.
The political climate in South Toledo Bend, TX is strongly conservative.
Newton County, TX is very conservative. In Newton County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 19.2%.
Newton county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Toledo Bend, TX is strongly conservative.
Newton 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.
South Toledo Bend, Texas: d 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 South Toledo Bend, 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 6 contributions totaling $865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)