Gray County, Texas is home to a diverse population of nearly 5,000 people. The county is represented in politics by the Gray County Commissioners Court, composed of five members elected from across the county’s three precincts. The court is responsible for setting the annual budget and tax rate, enacting local laws and regulations, and handling other matters related to the governance of the county. These local officials are held accountable to constituents through their biennial elections. In addition to these locally-elected representatives, Gray County is represented at state and federal levels by Senators and Representatives who serve on behalf of all Texans. Through the efforts of our local officials and representatives, Gray County continues to remain a safe place where democracy thrives in Texas.
The political climate in Gray County, TX is very conservative.
In Gray County, TX 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 10.7%.
Gray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gray County, TX is very conservative.
Pampa Metro Area is very 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.
Gray, 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 Gray County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $9,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $35,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)