The city of 75657 Jefferson, TX is located in Marion County and has a rich history of political activism. The City Council is responsible for making decisions about local issues such as infrastructure, parks, schools, public safety, and economic development. The Mayor is elected to serve as the head of the City Council and serves as an advocate for the community. There are four members who are appointed by the Mayor to serve on the City Council: two at-large members and two District Councilors who represent specific neighborhoods. Elections take place every two years to ensure residents have a voice in their community’s political future. The current Mayor of Jefferson is Paul Walker Jr., and the current City Council members are Tammy Taylor (At-Large), Kenneth Shaw (District 1), Janet Smith (District 2), and Joe Perkins (At-Large). All members of the City Council work together to ensure that all residents in 75657 Jefferson receive quality services and have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 75657 (Jefferson, TX) is strongly conservative.
Marion County, TX is very conservative. In Marion County, TX 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 27.5%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75657 (Jefferson, TX) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson, Texas is strongly conservative.
Marion 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.
Jefferson, 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 75657 (Jefferson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $2,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $64,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $513 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)