Quitman, TX is a small rural town located in East Texas with a population of around 2,500 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and five-member city council, all of whom serve two-year terms. The mayor is responsible for setting the agenda for the council and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. Elections are held each year to fill open positions on the council as well as to select the mayor. Citizens also vote on local ballot measures, which can range from increasing taxes to approving new construction projects. Local political candidates often focus their campaigns on issues that directly affect Quitman's citizens such as creating more jobs, improving infrastructure and providing better services. Generally, candidates and voters alike have a strong desire to make sure Quitman stays a safe and enjoyable place to live and work.
The political climate in Quitman, TX is strongly conservative.
Wood County, TX is very conservative. In Wood County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.4%.
Wood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Quitman, TX is strongly conservative.
Wood 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.
Quitman, 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 Quitman, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $4,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $19,157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)