The politics in 77625 Kountze, TX are dominated by the Republican Party with many conservative values. The county is represented in the Texas Senate by Robert Nichols and in the Texas House of Representatives by James White. The mayor of Kountze is Donna Paddock who is a registered Republican. Over recent years, there have been several local elections which have seen an overwhelming majority of votes going to Republican candidates. Kountze also falls within Hardin County and is part of the 25th Congressional District which is currently represented by Representative Randy Weber. Issues that affect citizens in this area include jobs, education, health care and taxes. The local political scene reflects strong support for conservative values and policies which have helped shape this town into a vibrant community with a strong sense of pride and solidarity amongst its residents.
The political climate in Zip 77625 (Kountze, TX) is very conservative.
Hardin County, TX is very conservative. In Hardin County, TX 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.6%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77625 (Kountze, TX) is very conservative.
Kountze, Texas is very conservative.
Hardin County, Texas is very conservative.
Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kountze, 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 zip 77625 (Kountze)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $8,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $20,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)