Foard County, Texas is located in the North Central region of the state. Although it is a relatively small county, it plays an important role in local politics. The county's population is largely conservative and politically engaged, with many residents actively taking part in local elections. Foard County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners who are responsible for setting policy and enacting laws that affect the people of the county. Elections are held every two years and typically involve a wide range of local candidates from both major political parties. In addition to electing officials to federal, state, and county offices, voters in Foard County also consider various ballot measures that can shape state law. In recent years, many issues have come up for discussion including transportation funding, school choice initiatives, health care reform, and environmental protections. No matter what their political leanings may be, Foard County residents take an active role in determining who will lead the area forward each election season.
The political climate in Foard County, TX is very conservative.
In Foard County, TX 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Foard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.0%.
Foard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Foard 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.
Foard, 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 Foard County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)