Madison County, TX is an important political hub for the state of Texas. The county's local government is committed to transparent and responsible governance, with elected officials aiming to serve the community to the best of their ability. Every year, Madison County citizens have a chance to elect several positions in the local government including their members of Congress and State Representatives. Additionally, there are many committees and boards that oversee school districts, police departments, public safety departments and other aspects of local infrastructure. In recent years, these elections have been hotly contested and involve numerous candidates from both major parties vying for office. These races are marked by robust campaigning and debates over important issues facing the county such as economic development and education reform. As a result, Madison County has become an increasingly important center of political discourse in Texas and beyond.
The political climate in Madison County, TX is very conservative.
In Madison County, TX 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 20.5%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison 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.
Madison, 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 Madison County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $14,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $44,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)