White Oak, TX is a small city located in East Texas, and is known for its rural farmland and rolling hills. Politics play an important role in the city, with local politicians working to create policies that benefit the city’s residents. Residents of White Oak are served by their representatives on the state level, as well as local level officials such as the Mayor, City Council members, and County Commissioners. These representatives work together to pass legislation that contributes positively to the economy of White Oak and keeps citizens safe and informed. In recent years, there have been many initiatives regarding education reform, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and economic development plans. The residents of White Oak are very politically engaged and involved in their local government, making sure that their voices are heard on issues concerning the community.
The political climate in White Oak, TX is strongly conservative.
Gregg County, TX is very conservative. In Gregg County, TX 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gregg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.8%.
Gregg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Oak, TX is strongly conservative.
Gregg County, Texas is very conservative.
Longview 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.
White Oak, 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 White Oak, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 918 contributions totaling $100,086 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,088 contributions totaling $203,486 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)