McMullen County is a small, rural community in Texas located near the border with Mexico. It is known for its traditional values and deep roots in Texan culture. The county is served by various elected officials who provide necessary services for their constituents. These include a County Judge, four County Commissioners, an appointed Chief Appraiser, and justices of the peace from each precinct. The county also elects representatives to serve in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. In terms of local politics, McMullen County takes pride in its ability to stay connected to the residents’ needs while adhering to strong conservative values that are shared by many of its citizens. As such, local campaigns typically focus on issues such as support for law enforcement, education reform, and economic development initiatives that have been set into motion by the current leadership.
The political climate in McMullen County, TX is very conservative.
In McMullen County, TX 10.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McMullen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.1% to 10.3%.
McMullen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McMullen 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.
McMullen, 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 McMullen 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 57 contributions totaling $120,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)