Panola County, Texas is located in the east of the state and is a rural area that is home to many small towns and communities. Politically, it has been a reliably Republican voting district. The county is represented by several Republican officials on the local, state, and federal levels. On the local level, residents are served by a county judge who oversees all matters related to the county government, as well as four commissioners who represent their individual districts within the county. On the state level, Panola County is part of House District 8 which is currently represented by Jay Dean. At the federal level, Panola County is represented by Louie Gohmert in Congress. Overall, politics in Panola County remain heavily influenced by Republican ideals and values when it comes to local and national issues.
The political climate in Panola County, TX is very conservative.
In Panola County, TX 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Panola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 18.0%.
Panola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Panola County, TX is very conservative.
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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.
Panola, 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 Panola County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $93,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)