Borden County, TX is a rural county located in the Texas Panhandle that has a rich political history. The area is predominantly Republican, but there are some Democrats who call the county home. Every election season, residents come out to vote on candidates for local offices such as Mayor, City Council and Constable. While there are no specific individuals running for office this year, local citizens take an interest in politics and make sure their voices are heard during elections. The people of Borden County are passionate about making sure their voices are represented at the local level and voting in elections. They also stay informed on state and national politics to ensure their interests continue to be heard throughout the region.
The political climate in Borden County, TX is very conservative.
In Borden County, TX 3.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 95.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Borden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 95.4% to 3.8%.
Borden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Borden 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.
Borden, 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 Borden County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $8,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $688 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $15,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)