Cottonwood, TX is a small South Texas town located in Cameron County. The people of Cottonwood are proud of their hometown and take an active role in local politics. The town is governed by a mayor and four commissioners who are elected by the citizens. Every election cycle, there is lively debate among the community as locals come out to voice their opinions on issues that affect them directly. Candidates from all sides of the political spectrum run for office, making sure that each voter has plenty of choice when it comes to who they support on election day. Community engagement is high in Cottonwood, as residents take pride in participating in local politics and making sure their voices are heard when important decisions are being made about the future of their town.
The political climate in Cottonwood, TX is strongly conservative.
Kaufman County, TX is very conservative. In Kaufman County, TX 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kaufman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.5%.
Kaufman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cottonwood, TX is strongly conservative.
Kaufman 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.
Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $13,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)