The small town of Jewett, TX (population 75846) is located in Leon County and is politically conservative. The majority of local elections are non-partisan so there is no set political party that candidates must belong to. However, the citizens of the area have a long history of supporting conservative candidates and values. As a result, most of the elected officials in the area tend to be Republican or hold conservative views on important issues such as immigration, abortion, gun rights, and religious freedom. The current mayor is a Republican and the city council has a mix of Republicans and independents. The local representatives in Congress are also predominantly Republicans. Despite these conservative leanings, however, there is still room for divergent opinions among residents since they value their First Amendment rights to free speech and open debate.
The political climate in Zip 75846 (Jewett, TX) is very conservative.
Leon County, TX is very conservative. In Leon County, TX 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.6% to 12.3%.
Leon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75846 (Jewett, TX) is very conservative.
Jewett, Texas is very conservative.
Leon 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.
Jewett, 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 75846 (Jewett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $4,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $6,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)