Hemphill County, Texas is a rural area of the state with a population of just over 3,000 people. The political atmosphere in Hemphill County is strongly conservative; the majority of the local population supports and votes for Republican candidates. In recent years, local politicians have championed legislation geared towards protecting private property rights and reducing government regulation on business operations. Additionally, many elected representatives have pushed for lower taxes on agricultural activities and religious freedom initiatives. These issues are generally seen as important to the county’s residents. During election cycles, voters in Hemphill County turn out in high numbers and support their preferred candidates with enthusiasm.
The political climate in Hemphill County, TX is very conservative.
In Hemphill County, TX 12.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hemphill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.4% to 12.0%.
Hemphill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hemphill 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.
Hemphill, 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 Hemphill County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $26,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $922 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $35,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)