Red Oak, TX is a small town with a population of about 21,000 people. The city has been growing over the past few years and has become increasingly involved in local politics. Red Oak has two mayors who are elected by the citizens every four years, along with six council members who are each elected from one of the six districts in the city. Red Oak also holds regular elections for school board members and state representatives. Local political candidates must be registered voters and must meet certain criteria to run for office in Red Oak. Over the past few years there have been a number of passionate people running for these positions, making politics an important part of life in this small town.
The political climate in Red Oak, TX is moderately conservative.
Ellis County, TX is very conservative. In Ellis County, TX 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Red Oak, TX is moderately conservative.
Ellis County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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.
Red Oak, 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 Red Oak, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,928 contributions totaling $96,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,278 contributions totaling $294,767 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)