Nacogdoches County, Texas is an area with a rich history of civic engagement in politics. It is home to a variety of elected officials from the state and federal level and is known for its active participation in local and regional elections. In recent years, the county has seen candidates from both major political parties running for local offices, including county judge, sheriff, district attorney, state representative and state senator. In addition to political candidates, there are numerous special interest groups that advocate for specific causes in the community. These groups range from environmental organizations to small business owners who are looking to make a difference in their community. Overall, Nacogdoches County residents take an active role in the political process and remain committed to registering to vote and participating in local elections.
The political climate in Nacogdoches County, TX is strongly conservative.
In Nacogdoches County, TX 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nacogdoches county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 33.6%.
Nacogdoches county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nacogdoches County, TX is strongly conservative.
Nacogdoches Metro Area is strongly 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.
Nacogdoches, 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 Nacogdoches County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,103 contributions totaling $77,602 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 994 contributions totaling $233,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)