The small town of Pecan Gap, Texas is a rural community located in northeast Texas. The town is home to a tight-knit population of just under 1,000 people who enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and the quiet way of life. While the people are friendly and supportive of each other, politics can still be a heated topic in the town. With elections around every corner, there are usually a few candidates vying for votes from the townspeople. Local campaigns tend to focus on issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, education funding and public safety that impact everyone who calls Pecan Gap home. Though these conversations can sometimes lead to disagreements among residents, they ultimately serve to strengthen the community and help ensure that everyone's voice is heard on critical issues facing the town.
The political climate in Pecan Gap, TX is strongly conservative.
Delta County, TX is very conservative. In Delta County, TX 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Delta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pecan Gap, TX is strongly conservative.
Delta County, Texas 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.
Pecan Gap, 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 Pecan Gap, 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 5 contributions totaling $410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)