San Augustine, TX (75972) is located in the East Texas region of the state. It is a small town with a population just above 2,000 people. The politics of San Augustine are heavily influenced by local residents and their values. The governing body of San Augustine consists of a city council that is led by the mayor. The mayor and the city council work together to make decisions that affect the entire community. Among other topics, they discuss ordinances, budgeting, tax rates, public safety initiatives, infrastructure projects, and plans for economic development. Local political candidates in San Augustine strive to promote policies that will benefit all residents while also encouraging civic engagement and participation. In addition to local candidates, state-level elected officials often have an influence on issues in San Augustine as well. Through their advocacy work and legislative efforts at the state level they can help bring attention to issues faced by the citizens of San Augustine.
The political climate in Zip 75972 (San Augustine, TX) is strongly conservative.
San Augustine County, TX is very conservative. In San Augustine County, TX 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Augustine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 24.5%.
San Augustine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75972 (San Augustine, TX) is strongly conservative.
San Augustine, Texas is strongly conservative.
San Augustine 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.
San Augustine, 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 75972 (San Augustine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $2,886 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $7,093 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)