Aransas County is located in the beautiful Texas Gulf Coast and is known for its coastal beauty and wildlife. It is a rural county, with a population of just over 23,000 people, and relies heavily on tourism as one of its main sources of income. As such, local politics are very important for the citizens of Aransas County. Local politics focus on maintaining quality infrastructure to facilitate tourism, making sure that the local economy remains strong, and ensuring that environmental regulations are adhered to. In recent years there has been a great effort to attract more businesses to the county while also taking steps to protect its fragile ecosystem. Over the last few elections various candidates have been involved in representing Aransas County in political office, advocating for their constituents' needs and wishes. The current political climate in Aransas County remains focused on development that is beneficial both environmentally and economically for all citizens of the county.
The political climate in Aransas County, TX is very conservative.
In Aransas County, TX 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aransas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.7%.
Aransas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aransas County, TX is very conservative.
Corpus Christi Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Aransas, 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 Aransas County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 738 contributions totaling $39,920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 591 contributions totaling $78,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)