Waskom, TX 75692 is a small town near the Texas and Louisiana border. The city has a population of around 2,100 people and is governed by a mayor-council type system with the mayor being elected at large. The city council consists of five members who are elected from five wards based on population. Elections for mayor and city council are held in May, and the current mayor is Larry Smith. The town’s politics can be described as conservative in nature and the city has been known to take stances on certain issues that oppose progressive causes. Although Waskom is considered to be rural, it's political landscape is diverse with citizens having various opinions on different topics. People have the right to express their thoughts freely through open forums which allow discussion of issues related to local government, such as taxes, roads, safety, education and public services.
The political climate in Zip 75692 (Waskom, TX) is very conservative.
Harrison County, TX is very conservative. In Harrison County, TX 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.6%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75692 (Waskom, TX) is very conservative.
Waskom, Texas is very conservative.
Harrison 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.
Waskom, 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 75692 (Waskom)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $3,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $813 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $5,803 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)