Center, TX is a small town in East Texas with a tight-knit community. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor and five council members are elected by the citizens. The elected officials work together to manage the town鈥檚 budget, pass laws, promote economic growth, and serve the interests of their constituents. Much of Center's political focus has been on improving public safety and infrastructure improvements such as road repairs and improvements to parks. Residents often have active discussions with local politicians about issues that affect their daily lives. Elections in Center tend to be competitive but respectful as candidates strive to represent the best interests of their neighbors.
The political climate in Center, TX is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, TX is very conservative. In Shelby County, TX 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 20.5%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Center, TX is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, Texas 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.
Center, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Center, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $3,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $343,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,659 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)