Wise County, TX is a governmentally organized county in the state of Texas. It is home to around 65,000 people and encompasses a wide range of communities and cities. The county's politics are largely focused on maintaining the county’s public services and providing for its citizens. There are an array of local political candidates who have been elected or are currently seeking election in order to represent Wise County at all levels of government. These candidates have varied agendas and platforms that focus on increasing educational opportunities, strengthening public safety initiatives, improving access to healthcare services, and promoting economic development throughout the county. Wise County residents can stay informed about their local political candidates by attending town hall meetings and remaining engaged with their local representatives.
The political climate in Wise County, TX is very conservative.
In Wise County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 15.4%.
Wise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wise County, TX is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Wise, 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 Wise County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 786 contributions totaling $35,474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 974 contributions totaling $170,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)