The small town of Howe, TX with a population of 75459 is known for its peaceful atmosphere and strong sense of community. Despite its humble size, the area is highly involved in politics and the citizens actively engage with state and local political issues. Every two years, candidates from both major parties compete for seats in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate during midterm elections. The residents of Howe are passionate about making their voices heard, through both ballot voting as well as advocating on behalf of their beliefs and values to their representatives. Local officials work hard to keep citizens informed on important legislation and hold regular meetings to discuss topics that affect the town such as education policy, public safety initiatives or economic development programs.
The political climate in Zip 75459 (Howe, TX) is very conservative.
Grayson County, TX is very conservative. In Grayson County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75459 (Howe, TX) is very conservative.
Howe, Texas is very conservative.
Grayson County, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman-Denison 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.
Howe, 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 75459 (Howe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $5,676 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $8,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)