Oak Ridge, Texas is a small town in Kaufman County that has a great sense of community. The politics here are fairly quiet and the local elections usually involve debates over issues such as infrastructure, education, and public safety. Local candidates are often focused on creating solutions to the challenges facing Oak Ridge and its citizens. Residents have been very vocal in their support of politicians who prioritize these issues and strive to make sure all residents feel heard during election season. Although Oak Ridge is not a large city, it has a strong spirit of political participation that fosters respectful dialogue and understanding between residents and local politicians.
The political climate in Oak Ridge (Kaufman County), TX is strongly conservative.
Kaufman County, TX is very conservative. In Kaufman County, TX 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kaufman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.5%.
Kaufman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Ridge (Kaufman County), TX is strongly conservative.
Kaufman County, Texas is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Oak Ridge (Kaufman County), 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 Oak Ridge (Kaufman County), TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 638 contributions totaling $73,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 664 contributions totaling $153,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)