Hawkins, TX is a small town located in East Texas. It has a long history of diverse political engagement and an active citizenry that participates in local politics. The town has a mayor and city council who work together to make decisions that shape the future of Hawkins. The mayor and council members are elected by residents of the community every four years, making the election cycle an important part of the town's political culture. As with other towns in Texas, Hawkins has a strong interest in issues such as education, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Local candidates often play an important role in driving conversations about these issues during election cycles. Residents also stay involved by attending public meetings and offering input on initiatives that will improve their lives and those of their neighbors. All this creates an engaging political atmosphere in Hawkins that helps keep its citizens informed and involved in local decision-making.
The political climate in Hawkins, TX is strongly conservative.
Wood County, TX is very conservative. In Wood County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.4%.
Wood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hawkins, TX is strongly conservative.
Wood 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.
Hawkins, 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 Hawkins, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $5,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $12,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)