Moore County is located in the northern part of Texas and is a relatively small county with a population of about 20,000 people. Although small, Moore County takes politics very seriously as evidenced by the high level of civic engagement in the local community. Political candidates from all political parties are involved in elections for positions such as county commissioner, sheriff, district attorney, and more. Historially, Moore County has leaned Republican but voters have also shown a willingness to elect Democrats in certain races. Voter turnout is strong and the process of electing officials is taken seriously by both locals and visitors alike.
The political climate in Moore County, TX is very conservative.
In Moore County, TX 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.3%.
Moore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moore County, TX is very conservative.
Dumas 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.
Moore, 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 Moore County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $24,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $421 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $41,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)