Andrews County has a long history of political involvement, and it is no different today. The county operates as part of the Texas state government, with a board of commissioners to govern the local area. These commissioners are elected by the citizens of Andrews County on an annual basis and are responsible for decisions regarding taxation, public safety, infrastructure development, and other matters of importance to the community. Local elections also take place each year for Mayor, City Council Members, School Board Members, Constable and Justice of the Peace. Voters in Andrews County have a variety of options when it comes to selecting their representatives in local government. The current Commissioners are dedicated to representing the interests of all residents in their district, ensuring that everyone has a voice in determining the future direction of Andrews County.
The political climate in Andrews County, TX is very conservative.
In Andrews County, TX 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Andrews county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.3% to 14.5%.
Andrews county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Andrews County, TX is very conservative.
Andrews Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Andrews, 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 Andrews County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $9,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $111,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)