Buffalo, TX is a small town located in Leon County, Texas with a population of just over 1,000 people. It is known for its rural atmosphere and friendly community. In terms of politics, Buffalo leans conservatively with most of its residents backing Republican candidates during elections. There are currently no local political candidates running for office in Buffalo. However, the town does vote in state and national elections to help shape government policies that affect their community. The town also has a City Council consisting of five members elected by the citizens to represent their interests at the local level. Overall, Buffalo is a small but politically engaged community that takes part in the larger electoral process.
The political climate in Buffalo, TX is strongly conservative.
Leon County, TX is very conservative. In Leon County, TX 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.6% to 12.3%.
Leon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buffalo, TX is strongly conservative.
Leon County, Texas 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.
Buffalo, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Buffalo, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $22,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)