Lexington, TX is a small, rural town in the heart of Texas. The town has a long history of political involvement in the state and local level. The current mayor is Mike Farrow, who was elected in 2018 after previously serving on the city council for eight years. Lexington City Council members serve four-year terms with three council members being elected at-large, while one member is elected to represent each ward. Over the years, Lexington has had many candidates running for office to serve their community and contribute their ideas and perspectives to local government decisions. With approximately 2,300 citizens living in Lexington, local politics remain an important part of life here; this includes regular meetings, debates on policy changes and initiatives, and discussions on what can be done to improve the lives of citizens in the area.
The political climate in Lexington, TX is strongly conservative.
Lee County, TX is very conservative. In Lee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.6%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lexington, TX is strongly conservative.
Lee 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.
Lexington, 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 Lexington, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $3,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $11,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)