The politics in the Gainesville, TX Metro Area are dominated by local issues that affect the constituents of the area. The City Council and Mayor’s Office make decisions that shape the city’s infrastructure, education system, and other services. Residents in the Metro Area have their say when it comes to elections for their representatives at the state and national level. Local organizations such as chambers of commerce come together to promote economic growth and help local businesses succeed. With its history of strong civic engagement, Gainesville serves as a model to other communities both large and small.
The political climate in Gainesville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Gainesville Metro Area 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Gainesville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
The Gainesville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gainesville 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.
Gainesville, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Gainesville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 366 contributions totaling $29,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 780 contributions totaling $192,672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)