Stephens County, Texas is an often overlooked but integral part of the Lone Star state. It has a thriving business community and a strong sense of pride among its residents. Politically, Stephens County leans toward the Republican side of the spectrum and focuses on policies that prioritize economic growth and small government. Despite this clear ideological preference, there is still room for debate among local political candidates on how to best pursue these goals. In this election season, residents can be sure that their votes will count as they make informed decisions about who will best represent them in their county's politics.
The political climate in Stephens County, TX is very conservative.
In Stephens County, TX 10.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stephens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.0% to 10.4%.
Stephens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stephens 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.
Stephens, 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 Stephens County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $24,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)