Lamar County, Texas is a dynamic area with many different types of politics represented within its borders. There are several local political candidates running in the upcoming election season that provide residents with a range of choices when it comes to representation and policy initiatives. Issues like education, immigration, healthcare, and economic development have been at the forefront of these campaigns and Lamar County residents have been actively engaged in the debates around these topics. The county also has many vibrant grassroots organizations that have been pushing for social justice reform on issues such as police brutality and racial equity. As Lamar County continues to grow and evolve, there will be a variety of perspectives offered in the political landscape that will help shape the future of this community.
The political climate in Lamar County, TX is very conservative.
In Lamar County, TX 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.8%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lamar County, TX is very conservative.
Paris 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.
Lamar, 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 Lamar County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,005 contributions totaling $71,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 495 contributions totaling $86,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)