Henderson, TX is located in the eastern part of Texas, and is home to a diverse population. The city has a strong local government that focuses on creating an environment of growth and development for its citizens. On the political side, Henderson's mayoral election occurs every two years, with current mayor Jesse Riddle being re-elected in 2019 for another term. There are also two city council members elected by the residents every year. In addition, all registered voters in Henderson can participate in local and national primaries and general elections. All of these efforts ensure that Henderson's citizens have a say in their local government and can hold their elected officials accountable for their actions.
The political climate in Zip 75652 (Henderson, TX) is strongly conservative.
Rusk County, TX is very conservative. In Rusk County, TX 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rusk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 21.7%.
Rusk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75652 (Henderson, TX) is strongly conservative.
Henderson, Texas is strongly conservative.
Rusk County, Texas is very conservative.
Longview 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.
Henderson, 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 zip 75652 (Henderson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 230 contributions totaling $12,817 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $21,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)