The small city of Emory, Texas is located in Rains County and has a population of approximately 1,824 people. The city is served by the Emory City Council which consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms. These officials are responsible for overseeing the city’s services and operations, including budgeting, zoning, police protection, tourism and economic development. The current mayor is Donnie Lawrence, who was elected in 2014. Education in the area is overseen by the Rains Independent School District while health care needs are provided by Hunt Regional Healthcare and Emory Parkview Hospital. In addition to local politics, residents of 75440 can participate in state-wide elections, choosing from candidates representing both major political parties. Whether voting on issues like healthcare or education reform at the local level or presidential candidates at the national level, citizens have a variety of choices when it comes to exercising their right to vote.
The political climate in Zip 75440 (Emory, TX) is very conservative.
Rains County, TX is very conservative. In Rains County, TX 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rains county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.9%.
Rains county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75440 (Emory, TX) is very conservative.
Emory, Texas is very conservative.
Rains 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.
Emory, 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 75440 (Emory)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $5,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $11,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)