Limestone County, Texas is a rural county located in the eastern region of the state. The county seat is Groesbeck and is comprised of 890 square miles with a population of around 23,000 people. Politically, Limestone County has historically leaned towards Republican candidates as evidenced during recent elections. Currently, the board of commissioners for Limestone consists of four Republicans and one Democrat who work together to ensure that all of their constituents' needs are being met. Local representatives make up a majority in both the Texas House and Senate, ensuring that the views and issues from the community are heard at the state level. All citizens have the opportunity to participate in local politics by casting their vote for their preferred candidate in both primary and general elections.
The political climate in Limestone County, TX is very conservative.
In Limestone County, TX 24.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Limestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 24.3%.
Limestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Limestone 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.
Limestone, 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 Limestone County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $10,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $40,267 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)