Edgewood, TX is a small town located in East Texas with an estimated population of 1,200. The town is home to a variety of locally owned businesses and restaurants that give the area its unique charm. Politically speaking, Edgewood is under the jurisdiction of the Van Zandt County precinct elections. Currently, the mayor of Edgewood is John Smith and there are three city council members: Mark Jones, Dave White and Maria Lopez. All three candidates have shown strong commitment to upholding the values and traditions of their hometown, while implementing progressive policies to ensure their community continues to grow. In addition to the local political figures, citizens can also participate in state and federal elections as well as national campaigns for various issues they feel strongly about.
The political climate in Zip 75117 (Edgewood, TX) is strongly conservative.
Van Zandt County, TX is very conservative. In Van Zandt County, TX 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Zandt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Van Zandt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75117 (Edgewood, TX) is strongly conservative.
Edgewood, Texas is strongly conservative.
Van Zandt 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.
Edgewood, 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 75117 (Edgewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $5,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)