Van Zandt County, TX is a small rural county located in the northeast region of Texas. Politically, Van Zandt County holds strong conservative values and is reliably Republican in most elections. In 2018, George Bush was the voted-in candidate for Governor with over 70% of the votes from Van Zandt County. The 2019 local elections saw voters selecting a variety of Republicans to represent them on the Commissioners Court and to fill other local political offices. These candidates were chosen based on their commitment to uphold conservative ideals and beliefs important to residents of Van Zandt County. As such, they emphasize fiscal responsibility, limited government intervention, and support strengthening existing community programs. As the 2020 elections approach, there is anticipation from both sides about who will represent Van Zandt County in local offices as well as at the state level.
The political climate in Van Zandt County, TX is very conservative.
In Van Zandt County, TX 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Zandt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 13.5%.
Van Zandt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Zandt 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.
Van Zandt, 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 Van Zandt County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $10,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 690 contributions totaling $122,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)