Paris, TX 75462 is located in Lamar County and is a part of the Paris Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city government is headed by a mayor-council system of government. Since 2012, the current mayor of Paris, TX has been Steve Clifford who was re-elected in 2016. Paris has six councilmembers that are elected at large to serve two-year terms and provide legislative oversight of city operations. Additionally, there are other local elected positions such as the County Judge and Constable that serve 4 year terms. As the county seat, Paris plays an important role in local politics and provides residents with numerous opportunities for civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 75462 (Paris, TX) is very conservative.
Lamar County, TX is very conservative. In Lamar County, TX 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.8%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75462 (Paris, TX) is very conservative.
Paris, Texas is very conservative.
Lamar County, Texas is very conservative.
Paris 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.
Paris, 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 75462 (Paris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $29,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $21,908 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)