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As the above numbers indicate, Texas County is generally a very strongly Republican-leaning county. Though it frequently supported the Democratic candidate in presidential elections in the early and mid-20th century, it has not done so since 1992, when it voted for [[Bill Clinton]]. Since 2000, it has never given the GOP candidate less than 60% of the vote. In 2016, [[Donald Trump]] won the county overwhelmingly with 81.01% of the vote, increasing his total to 83.76% in the 2020 election.<ref>https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/CountyResults.aspx</ref>

As the above numbers indicate, Texas County is generally a very strongly Republican-leaning county. Though it frequently supported the Democratic candidate in presidential elections in the early and mid-20th century, it has not done so since 1992, when it voted for [[Bill Clinton]]. Since 2000, it has never given the GOP candidate less than 60% of the vote. In 2016, [[Donald Trump]] won the county overwhelmingly with 81.01% of the vote, increasing his total to 83.76% in the 2020 election.<ref>https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/CountyResults.aspx</ref>

   

   

Like much of southern Missouri, Texas County can be included within the [[Bible Belt]], combining social [[conservatism]] with economic [[populism]]. In 2004, it voted overwhelmingly in favor of Constitutional Amendment 2, which recognized marriage as between a man and a woman only--the measure passed in Howell County with 85.63% support. In 2006, while the state narrowly passed an amendment to fund embryonic stem-cell research, the county decisively defeated the measure with 61.13% voting against. At the same time, it often supports economic measures that appear to favor the working and middle class, though less strongly than some other areas. In the November 2006 election, the county, like the state, supported a proposed increase in the state minimum wage, with 72.03% voting in favor, but in November 2018, a similar measure (which passed the state at large) was narrowly defeated, with 51.89% voting against. These results generally align with the rest of southern Missouri and place Texas County among its most reliably conservative regions.

Like much of southern Missouri, Texas County can be included within the [[Bible Belt]], combining social [[conservatism]] with economic [[populism]]. In 2004, it voted overwhelmingly in favor of Constitutional Amendment 2, which recognized marriage as between a man and a woman only--the measure passed in Texas County with 85.63% support. In 2006, while the state narrowly passed an amendment to fund embryonic stem-cell research, the county decisively defeated the measure with 61.13% voting against. At the same time, it often supports economic measures that appear to favor the working and middle class, though less strongly than some other areas. In the November 2006 election, the county, like the state, supported a proposed increase in the state minimum wage, with 72.03% voting in favor, but in November 2018, a similar measure (which passed the state at large) was narrowly defeated, with 51.89% voting against. These results generally align with the rest of southern Missouri and place Texas County among its most reliably conservative regions.

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