Parker County is located in North Texas and is home to some of the most vibrant and progressive politics in the state. The county is led by a five-member Board of Commissioners, who are tasked with managing the budget and making sure all services are provided properly. These commissioners are elected by local citizens every two years. Along with the Board of Commissioners, Parker County also has an elected Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, District Clerk, District Attorney, County Clerk, and Justice of the Peace for each precinct. These elected officials work together to ensure that all services are properly managed and that all residents have access to quality public services. Through collaboration between these officials and regular citizen involvement through initiatives such as voting for candidates in local elections, Parker County ensures that it remains a progressive county with strong policies that benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Parker County, TX is very conservative.
In Parker County, TX 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Parker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.1%.
Parker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parker County, TX is very conservative.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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.
Parker, 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 Parker County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,819 contributions totaling $172,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,191 contributions totaling $1,052,057 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)