Lee, TX County is part of the larger area of Central Texas. Politics in this region have a strong focus on local issues and are run by a county government. The County Commissioners Court is made up of five members, representing each precinct in the county, who are elected every four years. There are also several local municipalities, including cities, towns, and villages that are governed by their own political entities and leaders. At the state level, Lee County is represented by two senators in the Texas State Senate and three representatives in the Texas House of Representatives. Lee County also has at least one representative in the United States Congress. All levels of politics here are focused on providing effective services to residents while still attending to the needs of business owners and other stakeholders within the community.
The political climate in Lee County, TX is very conservative.
In Lee County, TX 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.6%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee 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.
Lee, 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 Lee County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $8,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $241,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $826 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)