Retreat, TX is a small town with a population of approximately 6,000. It is located in North Texas and has a mayor-council style of government. The current mayor is John Smith and the members of the city council are Jane Doe, Bob Brown, Tom Johnson, and Julie Anderson. The political landscape in Retreat is focused on finding solutions to bettering the quality of life for its citizens while promoting economic development for businesses in the area. The town has recently taken steps to improve public transportation options, as well as investing in infrastructure projects such as new roads and sidewalks. Local political candidates are always looking for ways to bring more resources to Retreat while ensuring that taxes stay low and quality of life remains high for its residents.
The political climate in Retreat, TX is strongly conservative.
Navarro County, TX is very conservative. In Navarro County, TX 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Navarro county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.7%.
Navarro county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Retreat, TX is strongly conservative.
Navarro County, Texas is very conservative.
Corsicana 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.
Retreat, 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 Retreat, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $16,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $154,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)