Brazos County, TX is a vibrant and diverse county located in the center of Texas. It is home to a variety of people, businesses, and activities. Politically, Brazos County is strongly represented by Democratic and Republican candidates alike. Both parties have strong local organizations that support their respective agendas and politicians. Local elections are often competitive as both major parties fight for the votes of constituents in the area. The election results often reflect the sentiments of the population as a whole, with no one party dominating for too long. As such, it is crucial for voters in Brazos County to pay attention to local politics and stay informed about who is running in their district’s elections so that they can make an informed decision at the ballot box.
The political climate in Brazos Country, TX is strongly conservative.
Austin County, TX is very conservative. In Austin County, TX 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Austin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.2%.
Austin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brazos Country, TX is strongly conservative.
Austin County, Texas is very conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Brazos Country, 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 Brazos Country, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $5,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 257 contributions totaling $50,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)