Covington, TX, located in Johnson County, is a small town with a population of around 2,000 people. Though the town may be small in size, it has an active political climate that shapes its local laws and policies. The town is represented by Republican members of the Texas State Legislature. Its representative for the Texas House District 60 is Jeff Leach and its representatives for the Texas Senate are Bryan Hughes and Bob Hall. Covington citizens have had opportunities to actively engage in their local political process through town council meetings, local elections, and advocacy initiatives. In recent years, local elections have seen an influx of new candidates advocating for change on issues such as public safety and economic development. As the town continues to grow and evolve over time, its political environment will continue to shape its future.
The political climate in Zip 76636 (Covington, TX) is very conservative.
Hill County, TX is very conservative. In Hill County, TX 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 19.2%.
Hill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76636 (Covington, TX) is very conservative.
Covington, Texas is very conservative.
Hill County, Texas 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.
Covington, 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 76636 (Covington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $2,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $3,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)