Howard County, Texas is a politically active and vibrant county located in the West Central region of the state. The county is governed by a three-member commissioners court with numerous local political candidates running for office regularly. Voter turnout and engagement in elections is high as Howard County citizens take an active interest in the course of the county's future. Important issues include economic development, educational opportunity, healthcare access, environmental protection, and crime prevention. Howard County has a strong tradition of civic engagement and encourages all its residents to participate actively in political processes and practice their right to vote.
The political climate in Howard County, TX is very conservative.
In Howard County, TX 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.2%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Howard County, TX is very conservative.
Big Spring 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.
Howard, 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 Howard County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $8,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 575 contributions totaling $110,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)