Schleicher County, Texas is a rural county located in the heart of the state. It is known for its wide open spaces and its small-town charm. Despite its rural nature, the people of Schleicher County are passionate about politics. Every election season, local candidates from all political affiliations are active and engaged in local issues that impact the citizens of Schleicher County. The county plays host to debates and forums which allow citizens to get to know their local candidates better and to ask tough questions about their plans for the future. In addition, Schleicher County residents also actively participate in state-level elections and initiatives, making sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Schleicher County, TX is very conservative.
In Schleicher County, TX 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schleicher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 18.2%.
Schleicher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schleicher County, TX 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.
Schleicher, 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 Schleicher County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $12,123 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $5,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)