Heath, TX is a vibrant and growing city located in Rockwall County, Texas. It is a great place to live and work with its abundant natural resources, recreational opportunities, and excellent schools. Politics play an important role in the community of Heath and the citizens take their civic responsibilities seriously. There are a variety of political parties represented in Heath, ranging from Democrats to Republicans. Local elections are held every two years for Mayor and City Council members. The City Council works hard to ensure that the residents have access to good jobs, quality public services, and safe neighborhoods. The Mayor also works with local businesses to attract new jobs to Heath while maintaining a healthy economy. Overall, the citizens of Heath take pride in their city and work hard to make it a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Heath, TX is strongly conservative.
Rockwall County, TX is very conservative. In Rockwall County, TX 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockwall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.5%.
Rockwall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Heath, TX is strongly conservative.
Rockwall 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.
Heath, 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 Heath, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,402 contributions totaling $208,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,731 contributions totaling $592,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)