Dimmit County, TX is a small rural community located in the southern part of the state. It has an estimated population of 7,500 and covers 825 square miles. The county is governed by a Board of Commissioners and operates under the Texas Constitution. In local elections, citizens of Dimmit County have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for positions such as Sheriff, District Clerk, Judge, and Tax Assessor-Collector. All these offices are responsible for carrying out the duties of their respective departments and ensure that county government runs smoothly. The citizens also have a say in who represents them at the state level by electing members to serve in both the House and Senate of the State Legislature. By voting in local elections, citizens can show their support for elected officials who are willing to make decisions that are beneficial to all residents in Dimmit County.
The political climate in Dimmit County, TX is moderately liberal.
In Dimmit County, TX 61.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dimmit county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.8% to 37.8%.
Dimmit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dimmit County, TX is moderately 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.
Dimmit, Texas: D D 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 Dimmit County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $31,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $648 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)