Kress, TX is an small town in Texas with a population of just under 800 people. The political landscape of Kress is largely based on local elections and candidates running for office. The most recent election, held in 2019, saw two candidates running for mayor: Bill Smith and Harry Jones. Bill Smith ultimately won the election and has been serving as the mayor ever since. Alongside the mayor's race, the city also holds elections for other offices such as Commissioners and Judges every four years. These races are usually filled with candidates from both parties vying for votes from local citizens. With such a small population, it is important that all citizens stay informed on who is running for office so that they can make an informed decision when voting.
The political climate in Kress, TX is moderately conservative.
Swisher County, TX is very conservative. In Swisher County, TX 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Swisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kress, TX is moderately conservative.
Swisher 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.
Kress, 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 Kress, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,230 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $12,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)