Red River County is a small county in Texas with a population of about 11,800 people. It is known as a rural area with strong conservative values. The county has seen considerable growth in recent years and new businesses have been setting up shop to capitalize on the expanding economy. Red River County has an active political scene, with local candidates running for various positions at all levels of government including county commissioners, district court judges, state representatives, and US congress members. Local issues are often debated hotly at town hall meetings as residents strive to make their voices heard in the political process. All candidates must adhere to the rural values of honesty and integrity that Red River County stands for, ensuring that their constituents are represented fairly and equitably regardless of political party affiliation or alignment.
The political climate in Red River County, TX is very conservative.
In Red River County, TX 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Red River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 21.5%.
Red River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Red River 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.
Red River, 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 Red River County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $2,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $20,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)