Kountze, TX is a small city located in Hardin County, Texas. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its scenic beauty and friendly community atmosphere. The political landscape of Kountze is largely dominated by the Republican party. Local elections often involve debates between candidates representing different sides of the aisle. Many of these local candidates focus their platforms on issues such as education, infrastructure, small business growth and economic development. Though the majority of the county leans towards a conservative voting pattern, there are still many moderate voices that are heard during local elections. Overall, politics in Kountze tends to stay within fairly traditional boundaries while still allowing individual candidates to express their unique perspectives in an attempt to win over voters.
The political climate in Kountze, TX is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, TX is very conservative. In Hardin County, TX 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.6%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kountze, TX is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, Texas is very conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kountze, 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 Kountze, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $8,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $20,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)