Wortham, TX is a small rural community located in north-central Texas. It is known for its rich history, friendly people, and commitment to preserving its unique culture and values. Despite its small population of just over 1000 people, the town has an active political life. The city council consists of five members who are elected every two years to serve the citizens of Wortham. Local elections take place in May of every year to elect a mayor and four council members. Various civic organizations exist in Wortham to provide services and inform residents about local politics or upcoming city events. Additionally, Wortham鈥檚 state representatives or senators will often visit the town on campaign stops or official business. Thus, despite its small size, Wortham has a vibrant political scene with many opportunities for involvement and engagement from its citizens.
The political climate in Wortham, TX is strongly conservative.
Freestone County, TX is very conservative. In Freestone County, TX 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.8%.
Freestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wortham, TX is strongly conservative.
Freestone 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.
Wortham, 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 Wortham, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $6,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)