The small town of Leary, TX is a tight-knit community, with strong political opinions and involvement from the citizens. Local elections are hotly contested and every vote counts. With the recent passage of new legislation on the state level, politics in Leary have become even more important. Residents are passionate about their stance on certain issues, such as gun rights, healthcare reform, and immigration policies. At election time, many people come out to cast their vote for the candidates they believe will best represent them in office and make positive changes to the town. Despite being a relatively small place with limited resources, the politics of Leary remain an important part of day-to-day life in this rural Texas town.
The political climate in Leary, TX is strongly conservative.
Bowie County, TX is very conservative. In Bowie County, TX 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bowie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 28.1%.
Bowie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leary, TX is strongly conservative.
Bowie County, Texas is very conservative.
Texarkana Metro Area 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.
Leary, 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 Leary, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,703 contributions totaling $1,091,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $641 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,669 contributions totaling $1,108,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $664 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)