Hale County, TX is located in the Texas Panhandle and is made up of a largely rural population. The county seat is Plainview, TX and home to approximately 37,000 people. In the county, politics are mainly focused on local initiatives and state level candidates. In recent years, local political debates have centered around issues of economic growth, agricultural policy, education funding, and public safety. The Texas Legislature also represents Hale County in Austin with its representatives and senators. At the national level, Hale County votes for representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Residents vote for their respective party candidates in primary elections which then leads to general elections that further shape local politics. Overall, politics are an important factor of life in Hale County as citizens come together to debate on issues that directly affect their lives.
The political climate in Hale County, TX is very conservative.
In Hale County, TX 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Hale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hale County, TX is very conservative.
Plainview Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Hale, 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 Hale County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $3,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 366 contributions totaling $128,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)