The Mount Pleasant, TX Metro Area is a part of the greater East Texas region and boasts an active political landscape. Voters here are committed to keeping their communities safe, secure, and prosperous through electing representatives who best embody their values. Local elections in the area often attract passionate candidates from both major political parties as well as independent candidates who seek to make a difference in their local community. From city councilors to county commissioners, constituents have an opportunity to choose representatives from a variety of backgrounds and ideologies to represent their interests. It is also important for citizens here to stay abreast of current issues that are impacting their community as well as understand how each of these issues can affect them personally and how they may be able to participate in the political process.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant Metro Area is very conservative.
In Mount Pleasant Metro Area 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Mount Pleasant metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 27.1%.
The Mount Pleasant metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant 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.
Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $15,103 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $26,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)