Murchison, TX, located in Henderson County, is a small town with a population of around 1,200 people. It is home to several local businesses and is known for its rural charm. The local government is led by a mayor and five council members who are elected by the residents of Murchison. The political atmosphere in Murchison is largely conservative, as the majority of residents tend to lean toward right-leaning values and policies. Issues such as environmental protection, economic development, education reform, and public safety are important to the community. Local elections occur every two years and are hotly contested among candidates from both parties. In recent years, local races have become more competitive as more citizens take an active interest in their city's politics.
The political climate in Zip 75778 (Murchison, TX) is very conservative.
Henderson County, TX is very conservative. In Henderson County, TX 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.4%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75778 (Murchison, TX) is very conservative.
Murchison, Texas is very conservative.
Henderson County, Texas is very conservative.
Athens Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Murchison, 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 75778 (Murchison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $1,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $29,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $878 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)