Shelby County, Texas is located in the deep south of the United States. It is a predominantly rural county with a population of just over 20,000. The county seat is Center, and the surrounding cities and towns are Timpson, Joaquin, Tenaha, and Clayton. The politics in Shelby County lean more towards conservative values. These values are represented by Republican candidates that have been elected into state offices across the area. While there are always new faces on the ballot every election cycle, it remains true that Republicans continue to dominate local politics in Shelby County. With strong parties vying for representation at all levels of government, residents can be sure their voices will be heard when it comes to issues important to them in the community.
The political climate in Shelby County, TX is very conservative.
In Shelby County, TX 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 20.5%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shelby 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.
Shelby, 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 Shelby County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $5,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $400,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)