Terry, TX County is a rural area located in the southeastern corner of Texas. It has been a strong bastion of conservative values for many generations and is home to many elected officials who represent its citizens at both the local and state level. The county is governed by an elected board of supervisors who set policies and budgets on behalf of the residents. There are numerous local offices that are filled by people from both parties, as well as independents. These offices include sheriffs, constables, county clerks, tax assessors-collectors, district attorneys, justices of the peace and other important positions. In addition to these offices there are also several judicial positions such as judges of the county court at law, probate court judges, district court judges and appellate court judges. All these elected officials serve their constituents with honor and dedication while trying to make sure that all citizens have access to a fair judicial system and quality public services.
The political climate in Terry County, TX is very conservative.
In Terry County, TX 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Terry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 21.0%.
Terry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Terry 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.
Terry, 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 Terry County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $5,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $648 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $49,482 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)