Brewster County, Texas is a rural county located in the Trans-Pecos region of far West Texas near the border with Mexico. The county is home to a diverse population comprised of ranchers, farmers, and other agricultural workers, as well as the employees of local government agencies and educational institutions. Politics in Brewster County are largely focused on issues that affect the county's agricultural industry, such as water rights and taxation. Additionally, many residents take an interest in politics that impact other aspects of life in Brewster County such as public education and infrastructure development. Local political candidates running for office often have to focus their campaign messages on issues that will appeal to these varied interests.
The political climate in Brewster County, TX is leaning conservative.
In Brewster County, TX 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brewster county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.8%.
Brewster county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brewster County, TX is leaning 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.
Brewster, Texas: R r d 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 Brewster County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,071 contributions totaling $126,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 276 contributions totaling $112,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)