Politics in 76687 Thornton, TX are largely dominated by the Republican Party. It is one of the most conservative parts of Texas and has traditionally voted for Republican candidates in local, state, and national elections. The local level of politics in 76687 Thornton is mainly focused around the City Council. In addition, there are other more specific political organizations such as school boards and other local government offices. While these positions may be contested from time to time, they are typically held by Republicans who share a similar ideology when it comes to fiscal responsibility and social issues. These organizations work together with the City Council to help ensure that all residents have their voices heard when it comes to making important decisions that affect the community.
The political climate in Zip 76687 (Thornton, TX) is very conservative.
Limestone County, TX is very conservative. In Limestone County, TX 24.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Limestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 24.3%.
Limestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76687 (Thornton, TX) is very conservative.
Thornton, Texas is very conservative.
Limestone County, Texas is very conservative.
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Texas is leaning conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Thornton, 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 76687 (Thornton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $1,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)