The politics in 75949 Huntington, TX are strongly rooted in conservative values. The town is mainly made up of small businesses and family-run farms, and the main political issue is preserving the local economy. Local candidates tend to focus on issues such as: keeping taxes low, creating job opportunities for the community, and improving infrastructure. There have been some notable politicians from Huntington, including former State Senator Erwin Cain and current State Representative Trent Ashby. The town has also elected members from both major parties to local offices including Sheriff, Commissioner Court, County Judge, and District Attorney. In general, these candidates focus on fiscal responsibility while protecting the rights of all citizens regardless of their political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 75949 (Huntington, TX) is very conservative.
Angelina County, TX is very conservative. In Angelina County, TX 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Angelina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.4%.
Angelina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75949 (Huntington, TX) is very conservative.
Huntington, Texas is very conservative.
Angelina County, Texas is very conservative.
Lufkin 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.
Huntington, 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 75949 (Huntington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $19,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)