Grays Prairie, TX is a small rural town located in the western part of Texas. The residents of Grays Prairie pride themselves on their strong sense of community and traditional values. While there is no local government, the people here do have representation at the state level. Their state senator is Senator Wilson Smith, who is committed to advocating for policies that will improve life in rural communities like Grays Prairie. At the local level there are several organizations that strive to preserve and promote the traditional culture of Grays Prairie, such as the Friends of Grays Prairie Preservation Society, which works to conserve the natural beauty and heritage of this small town. In addition to these groups, members of Grays Prairie also actively participate in statewide political initiatives and campaigns. They show up to polls during election season and voice their opinions on various topics. In this way they make sure their voices are heard and that their community's interests are represented in state politics.
The political climate in Grays Prairie, 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
Grays Prairie, 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.
Grays Prairie, 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 Grays Prairie, 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)