Denton County, located in the state of Texas, is an area rich in politics and civic engagement. It is home to numerous local political organizations and offices that support both Democratic and Republican candidates for local elections. There are a variety of volunteers and activists who actively work to elect the most qualified citizens into office. In addition, the county also has an active presence in local issues such as healthcare, education, transportation, and environment. Local representatives are also responsible for advocating for their constituents on state-wide policy initiatives such as health care reform, immigration reform, economic development, and education reform. Denton County is committed to making sure its residents have access to a well-functioning government that is making decisions that positively affects their everyday lives.
The political climate in Denton County, TX is leaning conservative.
In Denton County, TX 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denton county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.1%.
Denton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Denton County, TX is leaning 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.
Denton, 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 Denton County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,080 contributions totaling $3,124,892 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14,981 contributions totaling $7,001,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)