Haskell County, Texas is located in the northwestern part of the state and is home to about 5,500 people. While it is one of the smaller counties in Texas, its politics still matter, both in terms of local elections and their impact on state-wide issues. The county is represented by five members on the Haskell County Board of Commissioners. This board handles a variety of topics such as county roads and bridges, budgeting for services and utilities, fire protection districts, judicial matters, tax rates and abatement programs. At the state level, Haskell County is part of Texas House District 68 which includes 18 other counties. Every two years residents go to the polls to elect representatives from the district that will have a voice in state-level policy decisions. No matter what your political leanings may be, Haskell County’s citizens are passionate about exercising their right to vote in every election cycle.
The political climate in Haskell County, TX is very conservative.
In Haskell County, TX 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haskell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 15.9%.
Haskell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haskell 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.
Haskell, 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 Haskell County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $7,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)