The politics in Strawn, TX are governed by the City Council of Strawn. The City Council consists of six members who are elected to two year terms. They are responsible for establishing policies and laws that affect the city, including those related to public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. The mayor is also an elected official and serves as the head of the City Council. The current mayor is Sarah Smith who was first elected in 2018. In addition to the City Council, local citizens have the opportunity to vote on referendums and bond issues that impact their community. Strawn residents take pride in participating in their local democratic process and keeping their city in motion while maintaining a small-town sense of community.
The political climate in Strawn, TX is strongly conservative.
Palo Pinto County, TX is very conservative. In Palo Pinto County, TX 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palo Pinto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.4%.
Palo Pinto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Strawn, TX is strongly conservative.
Palo Pinto County, Texas is very conservative.
Mineral Wells 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.
Strawn, 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 Strawn, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $85 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)