Tenaha, TX is a small city located in the eastern part of Texas with a population of just over 1,000 people. Politics in Tenaha are managed at the local level by five city council members who are elected by the residents of Tenaha every two years. The mayor serves as the presiding officer of the council and is also elected by the citizens. The mayor in Tenaha has traditionally been a member of the Republican Party, but many residents have voted across party lines locally to select the mayor best suited to lead their city. Local elections focus on issues that affect daily life such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Tenaha is a tight knit community where mutual respect and communication among neighbors plays an important role in local politics and decision making.
The political climate in Tenaha, TX is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, TX is very conservative. In Shelby County, TX 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 20.5%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tenaha, TX is strongly conservative.
Shelby 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.
Tenaha, 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 Tenaha, 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 17 contributions totaling $1,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)