Winnsboro, TX is a medium-sized town located in Northeast Texas. It has a rich political history, with many different individuals and groups playing an important role in its governance. Local politics are largely influenced by the Republican and Democratic Parties, and their members have held many offices throughout the years. The current mayor of Winnsboro is Calvin Broussard, who was first elected in 2013 and has since been re-elected for additional terms as mayor. In addition to the mayor, the city also has a City Council that consists of five members elected on a nonpartisan basis every two years. These council members help address local issues and concerns such as infrastructure repairs, economic development, or road improvements. Additionally, election campaigns for state representatives often focus on Winnsboro during their respective election cycles. All in all, Winnsboro is no stranger to politics and there are plenty of active citizens interested in keeping up with local news and events related to politics.
The political climate in Winnsboro, TX is strongly conservative.
Wood County, TX is very conservative. In Wood County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.4%.
Wood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winnsboro, TX is strongly conservative.
Wood 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.
Winnsboro, 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 Winnsboro, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 282 contributions totaling $7,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 734 contributions totaling $107,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)