Yorktown, TX is a small town in south-central Texas located just outside of San Antonio. It has a strong sense of community and is often referred to as the “heart of Texas”. Yorktown is home to many local businesses, historical sites, and outdoor activities that make it an ideal place for families to live. With its rich history, the politics of Yorktown are rooted in tradition. Local elections are held every two years where voters can elect their local representatives, such as county commissioners and school board members. Voters have the chance to voice their opinions on how they want their county to be run through these local elections. Additionally, Yorktown residents are politically active in statewide and national elections as well. This helps ensure that all perspectives are heard and taken into consideration when making important decisions about the future of Yorktown and beyond.
The political climate in Yorktown, TX is strongly conservative.
DeWitt County, TX is very conservative. In DeWitt County, TX 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeWitt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 18.4%.
DeWitt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yorktown, TX is strongly conservative.
DeWitt 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.
Yorktown, 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 Yorktown, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $13,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $45,982 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)