Uvalde County, Texas is a rural county located in the south-central part of the state. The county seat is Uvalde and it has a population of approximately 25,000 people. It is an area known for its rich cultural heritage, including the San Antonio-El Paso Road and the Chisholm Trail. Politically, Uvalde County leans conservative, with Republican candidates typically leading in most elections at all levels of government. This includes the three representatives on the Uvalde County Commissioners Court - all Republicans - and both members of the Texas House - both Republicans as well. The county also votes strongly Republican in presidential elections and tends to align closely with statewide Republican nominees for most offices.
The political climate in Uvalde County, TX is moderately conservative.
In Uvalde County, TX 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Uvalde county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 39.4%.
Uvalde county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Uvalde County, TX is moderately conservative.
Uvalde 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.
Uvalde, 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 Uvalde County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 406 contributions totaling $49,723 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 420 contributions totaling $150,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)