Dickens, TX is a small town in the state of Texas with a population of just over 900 people. As with most small towns, local politics are very important to the residents. Since Dickinson is unincorporated, there are no local political candidates that represent the area but people still engage in local politics through town meetings and discussion. The town is governed by city ordinances that have been passed down through generations and any changes or additions to these must be voted on at town meetings. People also discuss issues such as taxes, public safety, and community development at these meetings which helps drive decision making within the town.
The political climate in Dickens, TX is strongly conservative.
Dickens County, TX is very conservative. In Dickens County, TX 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 13.2%.
Dickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dickens, TX is strongly conservative.
Dickens 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.
Dickens, 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 Dickens, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)