Freestone County, Texas is a rural county located in the east-central part of the state. The county has no major population centers, but the small towns of Teague, Fairfield, and Kirvin are all located within its borders. The economy is largely based on agriculture and cattle ranching, which provide jobs for many of its residents. Politically, Freestone County is a traditionally conservative region with strong ties to the Republican Party. Every two years, local citizens elect representatives to the Texas House of Representatives and State Senate as well as county officials such as sheriffs, justices of the peace, commissioners courts and constables. In addition to these local elections, Freestone County residents vote in national races for president and Congress members from their respective districts. In recent elections, Republicans have held an overwhelming majority in national races while Democrats usually have better luck at the local level.
The political climate in Freestone County, TX is very conservative.
In Freestone County, TX 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.8%.
Freestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freestone 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.
Freestone, 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 Freestone County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $6,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 365 contributions totaling $43,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)