Swisher County, located in the Texas Panhandle, is a small rural county with a population of 7,401. Politically speaking, the county leans conservative and is largely Republican-leaning. The local political landscape has been dominated by Republicans for many years, with recent elections featuring only candidates from the GOP. In 2018, Republican candidates won all of the county's legislative offices and judgeships. Local politics tend to focus on topics such as agriculture, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development in order to improve the quality of life for residents living in this small county. Throughout recent years there have been initiatives to increase access to broadband internet services and bring more businesses to Swisher County. Despite a predominantly conservative presence in local politics, all views are respected and welcomed within the community.
The political climate in Swisher County, TX is very conservative.
In Swisher County, TX 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Swisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Swisher 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.
Swisher, 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 Swisher County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,213 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $17,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)