Kinney County, TX is an area with a small population located in the southern portion of the state. Despite its size and population, Kinney County is home to a vibrant political environment. The county has many local candidates running for office throughout the year. Every election season brings out various candidates from different political parties to battle it out for local offices ranging from school board members to county commissioners. These elections often generate lots of buzz in the community and can be very contentious at times. Local residents take their civic duty seriously and turn out in high numbers to vote in each election cycle. From time to time, special elections are held as well that can impact how the county is run and what policies are implemented. As such, Kinney County residents remain informed about current politics within their area and take part in shaping their elected officials through their votes.
The political climate in Kinney County, TX is very conservative.
In Kinney County, TX 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kinney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 27.8%.
Kinney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kinney 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.
Kinney, 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 Kinney County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $5,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $13,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)