Runnels County is located in the northern region of Texas and has an active political atmosphere. The county is represented by State Representatives Drew Darby and Stan Lambert, who are both Republicans. At the local level, politics are taken very seriously with several small cities within Runnels County having their own individual elections for mayor, city council members, and other local positions. The citizens of Runnels have a strong sense of community that carries over to the politics of the county. People here take pride in their elected officials as well as the progress made in improving the quality of life for its residents. It is evident that politics play a role in making Runnels County a great place to live.
The political climate in Runnels County, TX is very conservative.
In Runnels County, TX 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Runnels county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.5%.
Runnels county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Runnels 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.
Runnels, 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 Runnels County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $3,236 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $28,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)