Plum Grove, TX is a small rural town located in Eastern Texas. It has a strong sense of community and local politics are often talked about among the residents. Plum Grove doesn't have any official mayor or government body, instead relying on different local committees to tackle various issues that arise. The citizens of Plum Grove are actively involved in these committees and take part in voicing their opinion on issues that affect them. Throughout the year, issues such as school funding, road repairs, and tax increases are discussed by the citizens and committees appointed by them. Every three years, the citizens of Plum Grove get to vote on who they think is best suited to represent them in local political matters. Despite the lack of official candidates running for office, these elections generate a lot of interest and discussion throughout the town.
The political climate in Plum Grove, TX is strongly conservative.
Liberty County, TX is very conservative. In Liberty County, TX 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Liberty county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.7%.
Liberty county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plum Grove, TX is strongly conservative.
Liberty County, Texas is very conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land 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.
Plum Grove, 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 Plum Grove, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $20,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $28,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)