Valley View, TX is a small, rural community located in central Texas. The town has a population of just under 3,000 residents and is governed by the local city council. The council consists of five members, all of whom are elected by the citizens of Valley View every four years. There is also a mayor who serves for two-year terms. In order to keep the town running smoothly and efficiently, the citizens of Valley View understand that it's important to be informed about their local political candidates in order to make sound decisions when casting their vote at election time. The candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and each bring unique perspectives to the table when making decisions about how best to serve the people of Valley View. By keeping up with local politics and staying informed on who is running for office in Valley View, TX, residents can ensure their voices are heard and their votes count when it comes time to elect new officials.
The political climate in Valley View, TX is strongly conservative.
Cooke County, TX is very conservative. In Cooke County, TX 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
Cooke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley View, TX is strongly conservative.
Cooke County, Texas is very conservative.
Gainesville 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.
Valley View, 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 Valley View, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $28,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 563 contributions totaling $166,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)