Cherokee County, TX is a small rural community located in northeastern Texas. It is known for its warm and welcoming citizens, and has a long history of being politically active in local and state elections. The county is largely conservative in nature, with most voters favoring Republican candidates. In recent years, the county has had several hotly contested races for mayor as well as other local offices such as Tax Assessor-Collector and Justice of the Peace. Candidates in these races typically come from all across the political spectrum, ranging from Democrats to Libertarians. Residents of Cherokee County take great pride in their political involvement and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard during elections.
The political climate in Cherokee County, TX is very conservative.
In Cherokee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.6%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherokee County, TX is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Cherokee, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Cherokee County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 394 contributions totaling $44,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 604 contributions totaling $451,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $748 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)