The town of Iola, TX (77861) is a small community located in Grimes County. It has a population of approximately 566 people, with majority of residents being White Americans and African Americans. The town has been represented by the Republican Party in the United States Congress since 1984. Locally, the mayor is Jody Binnion and the council members are Danny Weems, Phil Schofield, Kasey Hooten, Ruth Evans, and Josh Jones. They work together to ensure that local issues are addressed, such as infrastructure improvements and providing services for the citizens of Iola. The local government also works to promote economic growth by supporting businesses in the area. Recently they have made efforts to improve education options with initiatives like STEAM education programs for students in Iola schools. Furthermore, they collaborate with other communities in the county to provide resources for all citizens of Grimes County. All these efforts contribute to making Iola a great place to live!
The political climate in Zip 77861 (Iola, TX) is very conservative.
Grimes County, TX is very conservative. In Grimes County, TX 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grimes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 22.8%.
Grimes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77861 (Iola, TX) is very conservative.
Iola, Texas is very conservative.
Grimes 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.
Iola, 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 77861 (Iola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $1,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $8,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)