New London, Texas is a small city in the southeastern part of the state. Located on the edge of the Edwards Plateau, it is a rural community with a population of around 400 people. In terms of politics, New London operates under the jurisdiction of local government officials that are elected by city residents. These officials include a mayor, council members and representatives who are responsible for managing the affairs of the community. The local political scene is relatively quiet due to its small size, though residents have been active in voicing their opinions about certain issues that impact their daily lives. Despite this lack of political activity at times, citizens come together when necessary to fight for what they believe in and to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in New London, TX is strongly conservative.
Rusk County, TX is very conservative. In Rusk County, TX 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rusk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 21.7%.
Rusk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New London, TX is strongly conservative.
Rusk County, Texas is very conservative.
Longview 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.
New London, 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 New London, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)