Gordon, TX is a small town in Texas that has been governed by the same mayor and city council for the past three years. The city has seen tremendous growth in the past few years as new businesses have set up shop and brought more jobs to the area. The local government has worked hard to create a positive business climate and promote economic development. Locally, there are three candidates running for Mayor: John Smith, Sally Jones, and Bob Johnson. All three candidates hold different views on how to best govern Gordon and its citizens. John Smith is focused on creating and expanding educational opportunities while Sally Jones wants to invest in infrastructure improvement projects to make life easier for residents. Bob Johnson believes in fiscal responsibility and reducing taxes to encourage growth. Residents of Gordon will be able to vote on which candidate they want to represent them in the upcoming election.
The political climate in Gordon, TX is strongly conservative.
Palo Pinto County, TX is very conservative. In Palo Pinto County, TX 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palo Pinto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.4%.
Palo Pinto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gordon, TX is strongly conservative.
Palo Pinto County, Texas is very conservative.
Mineral Wells 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.
Gordon, 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 Gordon, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $5,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $46,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)