Fayette County in Texas is a predominantly rural county with a population of 24,554 as of 2019 and a total land area of 866 square miles. Despite its small size, the politics in Fayette County are complex and often contested. The local government is made up of a three-member County Commissioners Court with members elected from single member districts, along with other elected officials such as the Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justices of the Peace and Constables. In addition to these offices, citizens also have the opportunity to vote for state representatives and congressional representatives who represent them at larger levels of government. Elections in Fayette County are hotly contested and involve many local candidates vying for positions within each office. Each election cycle brings new ideas and debate as candidates discuss their plans to best serve their constituents.
The political climate in Fayette County, TX is very conservative.
In Fayette County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayette 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.
Fayette, 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 Fayette County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,761 contributions totaling $106,380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 814 contributions totaling $150,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)