The politics of Presidio County, TX, are focused on providing effective and efficient local government services for the citizens. The county is governed by a Commissioners' Court, which consists of five elected commissioners who set policy and provide oversight for all county operations. The county also has an elected Sheriff, District Attorney, County Clerk and other local officials. Residents of Presidio County have the opportunity to participate in their local democratic process by voting for candidates who best represent their interests during election cycles. Candidates are typically well-respected members of the community with a broad base of support from various groups in the area. As the population of Presidio County continues to grow, residents can be assured that their voices will continue to echo throughout the halls of government.
The political climate in Presidio County, TX is very liberal.
In Presidio County, TX 66.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Presidio county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.0% to 32.5%.
Presidio county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Presidio County, TX is very liberal.
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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.
Presidio, Texas: D D D D D D
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 Presidio County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $28,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $10,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)