Cooke County, Texas is located in the north central part of the state. The county has a rich history and is an important part of the state's political landscape. While many of the decisions affecting Cooke County are made at the state and national level, there is also significant local politics present. Local politics in Cooke County includes activities such as running for elected office, participating in public meetings, attending rallies and other political events, and engaging with community leaders. With its diverse population, seniors, veterans, and small business owners make up a significant portion of Cooke County’s electorate who can have their voices heard through their vote. Cooke County also offers various forms of public engagement from voting to organizing community initiatives that support local businesses and charities. All in all, those living in Cooke County can be assured that their voice matters when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Cooke County, TX is very conservative.
In Cooke County, TX 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
Cooke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cooke County, TX is very conservative.
Gainesville 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.
Cooke, 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 Cooke County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 366 contributions totaling $29,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 780 contributions totaling $192,672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)