Payne Springs, TX is a small town located in northeastern Texas. The population of Payne Springs is just over 800 people. Although the town is small, it has an active and engaged local political scene. There are several candidates running for office in the upcoming election, including incumbents and newcomers to local politics. All of these candidates bring unique perspectives and ideas to the table, making sure that their home town is well represented in county, state, and even federal-level decisions. Local voters will have the opportunity to influence the future of their community when they head to the polls on voting day.
The political climate in Payne Springs, TX is strongly 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
Payne Springs, TX is strongly 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.
Payne Springs, 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 Payne Springs, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $9,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 360 contributions totaling $41,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)