Moscow, TX is a small town located in Anderson County with a population of around 500 people. It has a strong sense of community and lays claim to being the birthplace of Texas' peach industry. Despite its small size, Moscow is active politically and has a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor, John Taylor, was elected in 2020 and serves alongside five councilmembers that are elected by voters every two years. Politics in Moscow center around issues that affect the local population such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure investments, public safety, and zoning regulations. Local elections are actively contested due to the advantages they offer for citizens to shape their municipality's future.
The political climate in Zip 75960 (Moscow, TX) is very conservative.
Polk County, TX is very conservative. In Polk County, TX 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 22.3%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75960 (Moscow, TX) is very conservative.
Moscow, Texas is very conservative.
Polk 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.
Moscow, 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 75960 (Moscow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)