Ellis County, Texas is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and is home to a diverse population. The county is politically divided between Democrats and Republicans with both sides having strong support in the area. Local elections for county offices are always highly contested, with candidates from each party battling it out in the primary and general elections. Residents take great pride in their involvement in their local politics and come out to vote on a regular basis. There are also many organizations that work to ensure that all eligible voters have the opportunity to cast their ballot on election day. With an active electorate, Ellis County remains one of the most politically engaged places in Texas.
The political climate in Ellis County, TX is very conservative.
In Ellis County, TX 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ellis County, TX 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.
Ellis, 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 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 Ellis County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,144 contributions totaling $155,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,020 contributions totaling $409,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)