Kenedy, TX County is a rural county located in South Texas. It is part of the Kleberg-Kenedy counties and offers a small-town atmosphere with big-city amenities. Politically, Kenedy County leans heavily towards conservative ideals. The county is represented by Republican leaders at both the state and local levels. Republicans dominate all five of the county commissioners’ seats and hold strong majorities on the school board as well. In terms of federal representation, Kenedy belongs to District 34 of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Republican Congressman Filemon Vela Jr has served since 2013. Locally, Kenedy elected Republican Sheriff Ramon Salinas III in 2018, who has served as sheriff for over 20 years and continues to serve today. Overall, Kenedy County remains a staunchly conservative community with strong Republican leadership at both the local and federal levels.
The political climate in Kenedy County, TX is strongly conservative.
In Kenedy County, TX 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenedy county flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.5%.
Kenedy county flipped Republican in 2020, after voting Democractic in four of the six most recent Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kenedy County, TX is strongly conservative.
Kingsville Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Kenedy, Texas: d d d r d 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 Kenedy 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 3 contributions totaling $11,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,667 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)