Fannin County, Texas is a small county located in the northeast corner of Texas. The county has a population of approximately 33,000 people and is home to several small towns including Bonham, Honey Grove, and Ladonia. Politically, Fannin County leans heavily Republican; in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump received over 75% of the vote. Local Fannin County politics often follow state-level issues such as education reform, crime prevention initiatives, and support for economic development initiatives. At the local level there are several elected officials who serve on the Fannin County Commissioners Court and represent areas such as Bonham, Honey Grove and Ladonia. These local representatives work with their constituents to create meaningful solutions to specific issues that are important to Fannin County residents.
The political climate in Fannin County, TX is very conservative.
In Fannin County, TX 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fannin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.7%.
Fannin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fannin 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.
Fannin, 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 Fannin County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $22,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 435 contributions totaling $43,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)