Sam Rayburn, TX is a small town located in the rolling hills of East Texas. With its friendly atmosphere and rich cultural history, Sam Rayburn is a great place to live and visit. When it comes to politics, Sam Rayburn is part of the larger East Texas political landscape. Residents are politically active and involved in local elections, often debating important issues such as education, public safety and infrastructure. The people of Sam Rayburn are passionate about their beliefs and strive to keep the town on track for progress. As citizens of Sam Rayburn, they also take responsibility for protecting their rights by staying up-to-date on local political candidates and voting in local elections.
The political climate in Sam Rayburn, TX is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, TX is very conservative. In Jasper County, TX 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.9%.
Jasper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sam Rayburn, TX is strongly conservative.
Jasper 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.
Sam Rayburn, 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 Sam Rayburn, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $40,134 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)