Upshur County, TX is an area that is largely rural in nature and the population of the county is estimated to be around 40,000 people. The county politics are generally conservative and there is a strong Republican presence. The Republican candidates who currently hold office in Upshur County include Judge Dean Fowler as the County Judge and Teresa Daniel-McGraw as Commissioner. Both were elected on a platform of fiscal responsibility and economic development for the county. In addition to these two main candidates, there are also many other local political candidates from both the Democratic and Republican Parties who are vying for positions in local government. These various candidates work hard to bring their perspectives on important issues to the table in order to ensure that Upshur County remains a desirable place to live.
The political climate in Upshur County, TX is very conservative.
In Upshur County, TX 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upshur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.2%.
Upshur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upshur County, TX is very conservative.
Longview Metro Area is very 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.
Upshur, 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 Upshur County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 221 contributions totaling $36,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 545 contributions totaling $61,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)