Rusk, TX is a small town located in the northeast part of Texas. It has a population of roughly 2,000 people and is known for its picturesque landscape and friendly atmosphere. The local political scene in Rusk includes representatives from both major parties in both national and state offices. At the national level, the town has one representative in Congress who serves as a member of the Republican Party. At the state level, Rusk has two members of the Texas House of Representatives who are both Democrats. In addition to their elected officials, Rusk also has many local organizations that are active in promoting civic engagement and advocating for their communities’ interests. These organizations include voter registration drives, grassroots activism campaigns and educational programs about local issues. In this way, Rusk remains actively engaged with politics at all levels of government.
The political climate in Rusk, TX is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, TX is very conservative. In Cherokee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.6%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rusk, TX is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Texas is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Rusk, 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 Rusk, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $3,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $306,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,980 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)