Atascosa County, located in south-central Texas, is home to passionate and involved citizens who are committed to making their county a better place. The county is led by the Atascosa County Commissioners Court, which is comprised of four commissioners and a county judge. These five elected officials work together to develop policies that affect the entire county. Furthermore, public meetings are held for residents to learn more about local issues and provide input on decisions that are made for the community. In addition, several political organizations exist in Atascosa County that advocate for certain causes or support candidates running for office. Participation from members of the community helps shape the political atmosphere in Atascosa County and encourages citizens to take an active role in civic matters.
The political climate in Atascosa County, TX is very conservative.
In Atascosa County, TX 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atascosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.4% to 32.4%.
Atascosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atascosa County, TX is very conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels 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.
Atascosa, 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 Atascosa County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 404 contributions totaling $18,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $51,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)