Maud is a small town located in the state of Texas, and like many small towns it has its own unique political landscape. The town's government is composed of a city council of 5 members who are all elected by the citizens of Maud every two years. The current mayor is Mark Johnson, who has been in office since 2017. The city council focuses on providing residents with public safety, infrastructure, and recreational opportunities and also collaborates with local businesses to promote economic growth in the town. There are no specific political parties that are represented in Maud, however many of the members belonging to the city council can be seen as conservative leaning due to their support for policies such as lower taxes and balanced budgets. Local issues such as education, healthcare, and zoning also play an important role in determining how Maud residents vote.
The political climate in Maud, TX is strongly conservative.
Bowie County, TX is very conservative. In Bowie County, TX 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bowie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 28.1%.
Bowie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maud, TX is strongly conservative.
Bowie County, Texas is very conservative.
Texarkana 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.
Maud, 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 Maud, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)