Medina County is located in Southwest Texas and is home to many diverse communities. The county has a population of over 27,000 people, with a median age of 38 years old. Politically, the county leans heavily towards the Republican party, with registered Republicans making up over 60% of the electorate. The county is represented in both the Texas House and Senate by Republicans Donna Campbell and Pete Flores respectively. The county also has several local elected officials, including four commissioners who are responsible for overseeing all matters pertaining to Medina County. All four of those commissioners are currently Republicans as well. On the national level, Medina County is represented by Congressman Henry Cuellar, who is a Democrat. Local politics in Medina County tend to focus on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development and education reform.
The political climate in Medina County, TX is very conservative.
In Medina County, TX 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Medina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.9%.
Medina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medina County, TX is very conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Medina, 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 Medina County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 660 contributions totaling $38,503 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 682 contributions totaling $100,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)