Duval County, TX is a small county located in Southern Texas with a population of approximately 11,000 people. It is predominantly a rural area and has a strong agricultural economy. Although the population is relatively small, there is still a vibrant political culture in Duval County. Every two years, the citizens of Duval elect representatives for the county commissioners court as well as representatives for the state legislature. Local elections are often hotly contested as citizens debate important economic and social issues that affect their daily lives. The current commissioners court consists of three Republicans and one Democrat while the state legislators consist of one Republican and one Democrat. This reflects the general split in political views between the population of Duval who generally lean towards conservative politics but who also recognize the need for greater government intervention to help support their agricultural industry and make sure they have adequate access to quality healthcare services.
The political climate in Duval County, TX is leaning liberal.
In Duval County, TX 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duval county remained Democratic, 51.0% to 48.3%.
Duval county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duval 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.
Duval, 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 Duval County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $27,504 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $724 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)