Rusk, TX 75785 is a small rural town in Texas known for being the birthplace of former president Lyndon B. Johnson. The local politics of Rusk are focused on promoting the best interests of its citizens and providing them with the necessary resources to ensure a great quality of life. The city has a number of elected officials, including mayor, aldermen, county commissioners, and other representatives who are responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs and implementing policies that benefit local residents. These officials strive to ensure that all members of the community have access to basic services such as water, education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. In addition to local government representatives, there are also state legislators who advocate on behalf of the people in their districts in Austin. These legislators focus on issues like healthcare reform, job growth, public safety and transportation improvements which all help to make Rusk an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 75785 (Rusk, TX) is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, TX is very conservative. In Cherokee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.6%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75785 (Rusk, TX) is strongly conservative.
Rusk, Texas is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Texas is very conservative.
Jacksonville 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.
Rusk, 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 75785 (Rusk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $3,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $306,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,980 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)