The city of Mineola, TX, located in Wood County, is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. Politically, the city is quite diverse and has seen changes over the years. The current mayor is Dave McDuffee, who was elected in November 2018 and has been in office since May 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and strives to maintain fiscal responsibility while also improving the quality of life for all citizens. Additionally, there are four members on the City Council who represent different districts within the City. All members are elected at-large for two year terms and represent their respective areas of interest and expertise. The City Council works together to identify local needs and develop plans to address them in order to better serve its citizens. In addition to this governing body, Mineola also has several other organizations that are dedicated to helping shape its political landscape such as political parties, advocacy groups, and special interest organizations that work together with local government officials to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and considered when making decisions about local issues.
The political climate in Zip 75773 (Mineola, TX) is strongly conservative.
Wood County, TX is very conservative. In Wood County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.4%.
Wood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75773 (Mineola, TX) is strongly conservative.
Mineola, Texas is strongly conservative.
Wood 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.
Mineola, 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 75773 (Mineola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $37,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)