Jefferson, TX is a small town located in Northeast Texas. It is known for its historic downtown area and for its friendly community. As far as politics go, the citizens of Jefferson largely lean conservative. While there is no single political figure that represents Jefferson, the state of Texas as a whole tends to be red. In addition to the Republican party, there are also some Democrats in Jefferson who are passionate about their beliefs and actively work to make their voices heard. The people of Jefferson are proud of their heritage and want to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Jefferson, TX is moderately conservative.
Marion County, TX is very conservative. In Marion County, TX 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 27.5%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson, TX is moderately conservative.
Marion 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.
Jefferson, 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 Jefferson, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $5,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 252 contributions totaling $129,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $513 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)