Parmer County, Texas is a small rural county located in the northwest corner of the state. While it has no large cities or towns, the area is home to several small communities who rely on local politicians to represent their interests and advocate for them at the state and federal level. Local politics in Parmer County typically focus on issues such as education, economic development, infrastructure, and public safety. Elections are held every two years for county commissioners and other local offices such as sheriff and county clerk. These elected officials are responsible for creating policies that affect all residents of Parmer County. As a result, it is important for citizens to be informed about local candidates and their platforms so they can make an educated decision when casting their vote.
The political climate in Parmer County, TX is very conservative.
In Parmer County, TX 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Parmer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 18.4%.
Parmer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parmer 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.
Parmer, 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 Parmer County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $28,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)