Leon County, Texas is a vibrant political region with a long history of involvement and engagement. The county is governed by the Leon County Commissioners Court, which is composed of five elected commissioners who serve overlapping four-year terms. The current county officials include Judge Byron Ryder as the presiding officer, Commissioner Pct 1 Richard Johnson, Commissioner Pct 2 Lincoln White, Commissioner Pct 3 Tommy Sowers and Commissioner Pct 4 Brad Burleson. These elected officials are responsible for setting numerical tax rates and deciding how the money generated from taxes will be used to fund county services such as law enforcement, public health and education. Additionally, Leon County elects representatives to the Texas State House of Representatives and Senate every two years during midterm elections. Overall, there is an active culture of civic engagement in Leon County that ensures the people have a voice in their government’s decision-making process.
The political climate in Leon County, TX is very conservative.
In Leon County, TX 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.6% to 12.3%.
Leon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leon 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.
Leon, 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 Leon County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $7,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 343 contributions totaling $75,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)