Gainesville, TX is a small city located in Cooke County with a population of around 16,000. The city operates with a council-manager form of government and consists of a mayor and five council members that are elected to serve two year terms. The city also has departments and offices such as public works, planning & zoning, police department, court services, parks & recreation and more. All of these departments work together to ensure that the citizens of Gainesville have access to all the necessary resources for their daily lives. Additionally, the local school district is part of an 11 county area which allows residents access to quality education for their children. Residents in Gainesville are able to get involved in the local politics by attending town hall meetings and voting in local elections. Local political candidates provide information about their platforms and goals to help inform citizens on important decisions that need to be made for the future development of the city.
The political climate in Gainesville, TX is moderately conservative.
Cooke County, TX is very conservative. In Cooke County, TX 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
Cooke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gainesville, TX is moderately conservative.
Cooke County, Texas is very conservative.
Gainesville Metro Area 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.
Gainesville, 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 Gainesville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,181 contributions totaling $105,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,372 contributions totaling $699,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)