Elkhart, TX is a small town in Anderson County with a population of about 2,000 people. The local politics in Elkhart are relatively conservative, and the Republican party dominates the area. The current mayor is Johnie Johnson, who was first elected in 2018 and is up for reelection in 2021. Johnson has worked to bring more businesses into the city and improve infrastructure. He has also been active in supporting local schools and community organizations. Other notable political figures from Elkhart include Sheriff Will Houser, who serves as the town's police chief, and County Commissioner Thomas Bluthaupt, whose focus has been on increasing economic opportunities for Elkhart residents. While there is no formal political party in Elkhart itself, many of the local politicians identify strongly with conservative values.
The political climate in Zip 75839 (Elkhart, TX) is very conservative.
Anderson County, TX is very conservative. In Anderson County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.6%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75839 (Elkhart, TX) is very conservative.
Elkhart, Texas is very conservative.
Anderson County, Texas is very conservative.
Palestine 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.
Elkhart, 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 75839 (Elkhart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $7,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)