Van Alstyne, TX is a small city located in Grayson County. It is known for its quaint downtown area and the rural lifestyle it offers its citizens. The town's politics are overseen by the City Council, which consists of five members elected to two-year terms. The Council sets policy, adopts ordinances and resolutions, approves budgets and investments, and appoints staff and boards. The Mayor is also elected to a two-year term but can be reelected if desired. In Van Alstyne, the citizens have an active voice in their local government as they can attend City Council meetings to make their opinions heard. Community involvement in civic affairs is highly encouraged and many opportunities exist for individuals or groups to get involved with local politics.
The political climate in Van Alstyne, TX is strongly conservative.
Grayson County, TX is very conservative. In Grayson County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Alstyne, TX is strongly conservative.
Grayson County, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman-Denison 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.
Van Alstyne, 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 Van Alstyne, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $21,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 808 contributions totaling $109,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)