Rains County in Texas is a rural locale with an abundance of natural resources. Although the county is not heavily populated, there are still important political issues that affect the residents. In recent years, Rains County has had several local elections for offices such as County Judge, Tax Assessor Collector, Sheriff, and Commissioner. These elections have been contested by multiple candidates who run on platforms and promises of better services and better quality of life for citizens of the county. Each candidate offers unique solutions to improve the area’s economy and infrastructure while also addressing environmental concerns. The outcomes of these local elections are extremely important as they determine who will lead the county in its development and growth.
The political climate in Rains County, TX is very conservative.
In Rains County, TX 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rains county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.9%.
Rains county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rains 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.
Rains, 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 Rains County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $6,213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $15,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)