Briscoe County, TX is a small rural county in the southwest corner of the state. It has a population of just over 5,000 people spread out across its 676 square miles. Despite its small size, Briscoe County enjoys a vibrant political life. Its local government provides services such as roads and schools that are essential to the community. Local elections often bring out strong feelings among voters and see fierce competition between candidates. The county also participates in larger political processes such as choosing state representatives and voting in national elections. In recent years, Briscoe County has become known for being a reliable predictor of statewide trends and results on election day. As such, it is an important part of the Texas political landscape and will continue to have an impact on the future of politics in the state.
The political climate in Briscoe County, TX is very conservative.
In Briscoe County, TX 10.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Briscoe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.1% to 10.8%.
Briscoe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Briscoe County, TX is very conservative.
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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.
Briscoe, 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 Briscoe County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)