Hughes Springs, Texas is a small city located in Cass County. While the city does not have an official mayor or city counsel, it is governed by the Hughes Springs City Council. The City Council consists of a five-member board and is responsible for setting city policies, developing budgets, and ensuring that the city runs smoothly. They make sure that all of the resources are available for citizens with the help of local businesses and organizations. The City Council also works to ensure that all tax money is used efficiently and ethically. In addition to this, they are also in charge of managing any local elections that take place within the city limits.
The political climate in Hughes Springs, TX is moderately conservative.
Cass County, TX is very conservative. In Cass County, TX 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.2% to 20.1%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hughes Springs, TX is moderately conservative.
Cass 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.
Hughes Springs, 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 Hughes Springs, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,048 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $17,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)