The Pecos, TX Metro Area is home to a large and expanding population of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. It is served by elected officials at both the city and county levels who represent the interests of their constituents. The city government is responsible for providing infrastructure, services, law enforcement, and other services to its residents. At the county level, elected officials are involved in making decisions that affect water resources, land use planning, economic development initiatives, and more. Local political candidates make their case to voters on issues like taxation, public safety, education reform, environmental protection, and social justice initiatives. With all these issues at stake and so many voices present in the conversation, politics in the Pecos Metro Area can be an intense experience for those involved.
The political climate in Pecos Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Pecos Metro Area 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Pecos metro area flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.8%.
The Pecos metro area flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pecos 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.
Pecos, Texas: D r d D d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Pecos Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $30,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $81,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)