McLendon-Chisholm, TX is a small town located in Rockwall County and is part of the metropolitan area in Dallas-Fort Worth. The city encompasses around 2.2 square miles with almost 4,000 residents that call it their home. Being such a small community, McLendon-Chisholm has limited political influence on the state level and relies heavily on its close proximity to surrounding cities for representation in many areas. Therefore, local politics are based mostly on issues that directly affect the people living within the town limits. Some of these matters include property taxes, public safety concerns, educational initiatives, and planning for future developments. It is also worth noting that citizens of McLendon-Chisholm are encouraged to participate in local elections by voting for candidates who have their best interests at heart and can work to ensure solutions that benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in McLendon-Chisholm, 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
McLendon-Chisholm, 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.
McLendon-Chisholm, 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 McLendon-Chisholm, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,016 contributions totaling $229,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,444 contributions totaling $568,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)