Marion, TX is a small town located in East Texas with a population of just over 500 people. It has been a part of the local area for many years and has a strong sense of community. The government of Marion is led by an elected mayor and four city council members who serve two year terms. They work together to ensure that the community's needs are met, from infrastructure projects to recreational activities. The mayor and council members make sure that citizens have access to basic services such as law enforcement, fire protection, EMS, public works, housing programs, and more. Additionally, they strive to make Marion a place where residents can feel safe and secure in their homes and businesses. Local elections play an important role in Marion politics as it allows citizens to elect those who will best serve the interests of their community.
The political climate in Marion, TX is moderately conservative.
Guadalupe County, TX is strongly conservative. In Guadalupe County, TX 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guadalupe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 37.0%.
Guadalupe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion, TX is moderately conservative.
Guadalupe County, Texas is strongly conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Marion, 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 Marion, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $12,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)