Mitchell, TX County is a small community in North Texas. Although it is not large in population or land area, Mitchell County is home to many people who care deeply about their local politics. The county has a three-member Commissioner's Court which meets regularly to discuss matters of local government, such as tax rates and expenditures for county services. They also hear from citizens on issues of importance to them. Furthermore, each year residents can participate in the elections for county offices such as Sheriff, Judge, Tax Assessor-Collector and Constable. It is through these elections that local citizens are able to shape the political landscape of Mitchell County and ensure that their voices are heard by the county representatives that they elect.
The political climate in Mitchell County, TX is very conservative.
In Mitchell County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 15.4%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mitchell 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.
Mitchell, 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 Mitchell County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $6,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)