Hansford County, Texas is a rural county located in the Panhandle region of northern Texas. It is home to two towns, Spearman and Gruver, which are both small farming and ranching communities with a combined population of about 5,500 people. The county is governed by the Hansford County Commissioners' Court, which consists of four commissioners elected by the citizens. The court sets tax rates, creates budgets and policies for the county, approves development projects, and manages land use in the county. Elections for local offices occur every two years and often involve heated debates over issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety funding, economic development initiatives, and school district funding. Local political candidates must be knowledgeable about local needs in order to serve their constituents well. Although local politics in Hansford County may not always make headlines outside of the county boundaries, it has a significant impact on the lives of those who reside there.
The political climate in Hansford County, TX is very conservative.
In Hansford County, TX 8.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hansford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.3% to 8.1%.
Hansford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hansford 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.
Hansford, 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 Hansford County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $75 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $14,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)