Loraine, TX is a small city with a population of approximately 4,000 people. Due to its size, the political landscape in Loraine is relatively quiet. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council members who work closely with local citizens to make decisions that affect the community. On the state level, Loraine is part of District 28 in Texas and is represented by Republican Representative Drew Darby. At the county level, Tom Green County includes Loraine and other surrounding towns and cities. The county judge leads a five-member commissioners court who oversee key services such as law enforcement and budgeting for the county. Overall, Loraine has a strong sense of civic pride and is involved in politics both at the local and state levels.
The political climate in Loraine, TX is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, TX is very conservative. In Mitchell County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 15.4%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Loraine, TX is strongly conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Loraine, 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 Loraine, 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 15 contributions totaling $2,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)