Whitney, TX is a small community in Hill County, Texas. It is home to just over 3,100 residents who live in a rural environment. The town has a strong sense of community and takes part in many local events. In terms of politics, Whitney follows the same trends as much of the state with most citizens being more conservative in their views. Local elections often draw large turnouts and many passionate supporters of each candidate. Each election cycle brings out new faces hoping to lead the town into the future while continuing to preserve its unique heritage and culture. As a whole, Whitney seeks to ensure that its government works for all its citizens while also maintaining its small-town charm.
The political climate in Whitney, TX is strongly conservative.
Hill County, TX is very conservative. In Hill County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 19.2%.
Hill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitney, TX is strongly conservative.
Hill 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.
Whitney, 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 Whitney, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $2,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $18,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)