Culberson County, Texas is a rural county located in the western part of the state. The county seat is Van Horn and its largest city is Kent. It has a population of approximately 2,000 people. Politically, the county leans heavily towards conservative values and traditionally supports Republican candidates. Most recently, the Republican party has enjoyed much success in elections held in Culberson County as they have swept many of the positions including those at the state and local level. At the local level, most political offices are held by members of the GOP, although there are some independents who have had success in winning races as well. Issues that are important to residents include economic development, education reform, health care and public safety initiatives. Overall, politics in Culberson County is focused on traditional values and conservative policies that provide stability for its citizens.
The political climate in Culberson County, TX is leaning liberal.
In Culberson County, TX 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Culberson county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 48.0%.
Culberson county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Culberson County, TX is leaning liberal.
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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.
Culberson, Texas: D r D D D d
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 Culberson County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $3,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)