Martin, TX County is a vibrant and diverse community that is home to many different people with a variety of political beliefs. The county has several elected officials in place who serve the community's needs. These officials include the county sheriff, district attorney, and justices of the peace. There are also representatives at the state level who represent Martin, TX County in Austin. The county also has elected representatives for both the Democratic and Republican parties at the local level. The elections for these offices are held every two years and provide an important opportunity for citizens to make their voices heard and ensure that their interests are represented in government decisions.
The political climate in Martin County, TX is very conservative.
In Martin County, TX 13.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 13.3%.
Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martin County, TX is very conservative.
Midland Metro Area is very 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.
Martin, 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 Martin County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $26,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)