The town of Whitewright, TX (75491) is a small rural community located in Grayson County, north of Dallas. The politics in the area are generally conservative and the citizens of Whitewright have traditionally voted in favor of Republican candidates for local, state and national office. With an estimated population of 2,595 as of 2019, Whitewright operates under a mayor-council form of government with five city council members elected from their respective wards to serve staggered two year terms. Additionally, Whitewright residents are represented at the county level by commissioners who work to fulfill the needs and requests of residents. Local issues that frequently make headlines include infrastructure development, economic growth and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 75491 (Whitewright, 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 75491 (Whitewright, TX) is very conservative.
Whitewright, 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.
Whitewright, 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 75491 (Whitewright)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $6,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $8,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)