Malakoff, TX is a small town located in Henderson County with a population of approximately 1,859 people according to the United States Census Bureau. Although it is a small town, Malakoff still has an active political atmosphere. Currently, Mayor Jody Hernández serves as the mayor of Malakoff and there are four city council members that make up the Malakoff City Council: W.T Elliott, Matt Lipscomb, Chris Rangel, and Marissa Reedy. In the past few years, these elected officials have worked together to make progress on multiple initiatives including a new municipal swimming pool and improvements to the local library. As they continue to work on these projects, they strive to ensure that their efforts will benefit everyone in Malakoff for many years to come.
The political climate in Malakoff, TX is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, TX is very conservative. In Henderson County, TX 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.4%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Malakoff, TX is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, Texas is very conservative.
Athens 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.
Malakoff, 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 Malakoff, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $6,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $33,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)