Hughes Springs, TX, is a small town located in Cass County, Texas. It has a population of 1,943 according to the 2019 United States Census. Despite its small population size, politics are an important part of life in Hughes Springs. The town is served by two local political candidates: David Stanfield and Becky Thomas. Stanfield is running for city council while Thomas is running for mayor. Both candidates have a long history of involvement in the community and share many similar goals for improving the town and its residents’ quality of life. They both emphasize transparency in their campaign platforms and believe that having an informed electorate is essential to a functioning democracy. Their campaigns focus on issues such as public safety, economic development, job creation, and infrastructure improvements. Both candidates are dedicated to serving the people of Hughes Springs and making sure that their voices are heard at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 75656 (Hughes Springs, TX) is strongly 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
Zip 75656 (Hughes Springs, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hughes Springs, Texas is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Texas is very conservative.
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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 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 75656 (Hughes Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $8,986 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)