Commerce, TX is a peaceful and family-oriented city located on the eastern edge of Texas. The city is politically diverse, with a wide range of views and opinions. Every year residents have the opportunity to vote for local positions such as Mayor, City Council members and School Board Members. During election season, candidates from all political parties come together to campaign their beliefs and platforms in order to gain support from the community. Commerce has a vibrant spirit of civic engagement that encourages open dialogue between citizens, candidates, and elected officials alike. Through regular town hall meetings and other events focused on discussing current issues in the community, residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to important decisions affecting their lives.
The political climate in Commerce, TX is somewhat conservative.
Hunt County, TX is very conservative. In Hunt County, TX 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hunt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 23.1%.
Hunt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Commerce, TX is somewhat conservative.
Hunt County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Commerce, 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 Commerce, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $4,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $10,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)