Roanoke, Texas is a small city located in Denton County. It has a vibrant and active political scene with both local and national politics discussed at length. The city's mayor is currently Joe Paten, who was elected in 2017 and is running for his second term in 2021. The City Council members are Steven Simons, Charles Gafford, Mike Jones, Leanne Samples, Robert Anderson, Mark Jackson, and Richard Copley. Locals are engaged in the political process through community meetings where candidates discuss their platforms as well as local initiatives and projects. Roanoke residents also vote on national issues such as taxes and healthcare reform. Local organizations such as the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce organize events to educate citizens on how their votes affect the community as a whole. Roanoke is an example of a city that takes politics seriously and strives to keep its citizens informed on all current affairs.
The political climate in Roanoke, TX is leaning conservative.
Denton County, TX is leaning conservative. In Denton County, TX 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denton county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Denton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roanoke, TX is leaning conservative.
Denton County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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.
Roanoke, 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 Roanoke, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,662 contributions totaling $408,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,962 contributions totaling $4,545,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,535 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)