Brooks, TX County is a vibrant community with a rich political history. From local elections to national politics, citizens take an active role in civic engagement and the political process. Voters in Brooks, TX are well-informed and regularly participate in local and state elections to select representatives that will represent their interests on the local, state, and national level. Local government consists of elected officials from City Councils to Commissioners Courts who work together to ensure the best quality of life for Brooks’ residents. One major goal of local officials is to provide services that will enhance the prosperity of the county and its citizens. Local political candidates have focused on job growth initiatives, providing access to quality education for children, improving public safety, reducing taxes, and increasing economic opportunity for all citizens in Brooks.
The political climate in Brooks County, TX is moderately liberal.
In Brooks County, TX 59.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brooks county remained very strongly Democratic, 59.2% to 40.2%.
Brooks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brooks County, TX is moderately liberal.
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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.
Brooks, Texas: D D D D D D
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Brooks County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $5,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $4,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)