Kent County, located in the state of Texas, is a vibrant and culturally diverse community. Politically, it is a red county that has been strongly influenced by the Republican Party for several years. In terms of local politics, many of the key positions have been held by Republican politicians since 2000. Some of the main offices are those of County Judge, Sheriff, District Attorney and Tax Assessor-Collector. The Kent County Republican Party is active in fostering grassroots voting initiatives and getting out the vote. They also focus on local issues such as improving public safety to ensure safe and secure communities for residents. Additionally, they work to ensure that local government remains fiscally sound while providing essential services to citizens. Ultimately, Kent County strives to create a prosperous environment where people can succeed regardless of their political beliefs or affiliations.
The political climate in Kent County, TX is very conservative.
In Kent County, TX 10.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.0% to 10.2%.
Kent county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kent 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.
Kent, 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 Kent 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 7 contributions totaling $1,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)