Reeves County, TX is a politically active county in the state of Texas. It is home to a variety of local political groups and organizations, as well as individuals who actively engage in political discourse at the local and state level. The county has been represented in Congress since 1903, and is part of the 23rd Congressional District of Texas. In addition, Reeves County is also served by several members of the Texas Legislature who represent their constituents in both the House and Senate. During election years, citizens of Reeves County have ample opportunity to become involved with political campaigns and to be educated on important issues that affect the community. Citizens also have an opportunity to register to vote and cast their ballots at polling places throughout Reeves County. As such, residents of Reeves County are able to play an active role in choosing their local representatives and making sure that their voices are heard in government.
The political climate in Reeves County, TX is moderately conservative.
In Reeves County, TX 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reeves county flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.8%.
Reeves county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Reeves County, TX is moderately conservative.
Pecos Metro Area is moderately 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.
Reeves, Texas: D r d D d 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 Reeves County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $30,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $81,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)