Van Alstyne, Texas is a small town located in Grayson County. It is a charming and peaceful community with a population of around 3,400 people. Politically, the town leans towards conservative values and candidates. The majority of local elections are nonpartisan but residents still have strong opinions on their preferred candidate. The mayor of Van Alstyne is John Dorsett, and the city council consist of five members including Jami Bassarab, Gary Heintz, Cindy Henry, Ken Krumnow, and Sherry Williams. Each member brings valuable experience to the table to help guide the political decisions for the town of Van Alstyne. Residents can attend public meetings held by the city council or contact any one of them with questions or concerns about their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 75495 (Van Alstyne, TX) is very conservative.
Grayson County, TX is very conservative. In Grayson County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75495 (Van Alstyne, TX) is very conservative.
Van Alstyne, Texas is very conservative.
Grayson County, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman-Denison 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.
Van Alstyne, 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 75495 (Van Alstyne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $8,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $32,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)