Newton County, Texas is a largely rural area with a population of around 10,000 people. The county is part of the Angelina-Neches River Authority and is served by its own county government. The government is made up of three commissioners and a County Judge who are all elected by the residents of the county in order to represent their interests. Local issues that are important to Newton County include water quality, road maintenance, public safety, and economic development. Elections for these positions occur every four years and serve as an opportunity for residents to have their voices heard in local politics. In addition to the local elections, citizens of Newton County also participate in national elections for representatives at both the state and federal level.
The political climate in Newton County, TX is very conservative.
In Newton County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 19.2%.
Newton county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newton County, TX is very conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Newton, Texas: d 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 Newton County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $4,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $7,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)