Crockett, TX is a small city in Houston County, Texas with a population of 6,000 people. The city is run by a mayor-council government system in which the mayor and five council members are elected by residents. The current mayor of Crockett, Texas is Bob Sappington who was elected in 2019. He has been credited with leading the community through difficult times and working to create a better future for the citizens of Crockett. In addition to the local government officials, Crockett also has two state representatives that serve different areas within the county: Representative Eric Jones and Senator Robert Nichols. Both have worked hard to represent their constituents and bring change to the area. Crockett also holds regular town meetings where citizens can voice their concerns about local issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. These meetings allow for transparency between citizens and their government representatives.
The political climate in Crockett, TX is somewhat conservative.
Houston County, TX is very conservative. In Houston County, TX 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 24.5%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crockett, TX is somewhat conservative.
Houston 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.
Crockett, 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 Crockett, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $113,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $729 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $37,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)