Old River-Winfree is a small town located in Montgomery County, Texas. As such, the political landscape in the area is relatively small and straightforward. The town is part of Texas House District 16, which is currently served by Republican representative Will Metcalf. On the federal level, Old River-Winfree is part of Texas’ 8th Congressional District, and it is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Kevin Brady, who has held this seat since 1996. At the county level, Old River-Winfree falls under Montgomery County Commissioner Precinct 4 and is served by James Noack who was first elected to office in 2006.
The people of Old River-Winfree have remained largely loyal to their elected officials over the years due to their dedication to local projects and issues that affect them directly. Local politicians strive to serve their constituents in a transparent manner with an emphasis on fiscal responsibility and accountability for tax payers’ money. It’s this commitment that has earned them strong support from the local community over time.
The political climate in Old River-Winfree, TX is strongly conservative.
Chambers County, TX is very conservative. In Chambers County, TX 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chambers county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 18.5%.
Chambers county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Old River-Winfree, TX is strongly conservative.
Chambers County, Texas is very conservative.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land 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.
Old River-Winfree, 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 Old River-Winfree, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 403 contributions totaling $25,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 821 contributions totaling $113,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)