Edgewood, TX is a small city located in the heart of Texas. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government with five council members and a mayor. The current mayor is Nancy Franks, who has been in office since 2015. In Edgewood, the local political scene focuses on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and education. Recently there has been an effort to increase civic engagement in the community by hosting regular town hall meetings and forums for citizens to voice their opinions and concerns. The local government works hard to ensure that all residents are represented in decisions made at the city level. Every election season brings out passionate candidates vying for positions on the city council and mayoral office. As a result of this strong representation, Edgewood is often looked upon as an example of effective municipal governance in Texas.
The political climate in Edgewood, TX is strongly conservative.
Van Zandt County, TX is very conservative. In Van Zandt County, TX 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Zandt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Van Zandt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edgewood, TX is strongly conservative.
Van Zandt 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.
Edgewood, 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 Edgewood, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $5,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)