The Texarkana, TX Metro Area is a diverse and vibrant part of the state, with a variety of political offerings. There are numerous local political organizations, ranging from grassroots party committees to more traditional lobbying groups that try to influence policies at the city and county level. The area is home to several prominent politicians in both the Democratic and Republican Parties. These include Congressman John Ratcliffe, Senator Royce West, Representative Lance Gooden and Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., amongst others. All these officials are involved in important issues affecting their communities such as education reform, child welfare, economic development and tax policy. Additionally, there are many local elections held throughout the year that allow citizens to decide on matters which affect their lives directly. From school board members to mayors and county commissioners, Texarkana residents have a say in how their government runs and what kinds of initiatives it pursues.
The political climate in Texarkana Metro Area is very conservative.
In Texarkana Metro Area 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Texarkana metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 27.0%.
The Texarkana metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Texarkana 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.
Texarkana, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Texarkana Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,692 contributions totaling $679,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,708 contributions totaling $956,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $560 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)