The map below shows the political leanings of people in and around Hays County. Darker red areas have almost entirely Republican voters, dark blue areas vote mostly for Democrats, and areas in lighter shades or in light purple are areas where the vote is usually split between parties.
Politics Key
Hays County tends to be a political battleground based on voting results in recent elections. Compared to other nearby counties, Hays County has more democratic voters. Compared to the nation as a whole, Hays County leans more republican.
Highly educated populations with bachelor’s degrees or higher tend to vote for more liberal candidates. In Hays County, 37.00% of all adults have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. Educated women are far less likely to vote for conservatives, and in Hays County women make up 50.22% of the population.
Older Americans tend to vote more conservatively. Members of the Boomer and Silent generations (born 1928-1964) more often vote for republicans while GenX, Millennials (born 1965-1996) and younger generations consistently support democrats. The median age in Hays County is 34.3, which is younger than the national median age of 38.1.
Is Hays County a political battleground? Across all types of political contests in Hays County, including state, local and presidential elections, races come within five percentage points 25% of the time.
Note: Federal, local, and state elections are weighed based on the recency of the election and the importance most voters assign to each seat.
Nearby Counties
- Caldwell County, TX: more conservative voters
- Comal County, TX: more conservative voters
- Travis County, TX: more liberal voters
- Guadalupe County, TX: more conservative voters
- Blanco County, TX: more conservative voters
- Bastrop County, TX: more conservative voters
- Williamson County, TX: more conservative voters
- Gonzales County, TX: more conservative voters
- Kendall County, TX: more conservative voters
- Bexar County, TX: more liberal voters
Counties with Similar Populations
- Outagamie County, WI: more conservative voters
- Butler County, PA: more conservative voters
- Johnston County, NC: more conservative voters
- Minnehaha County, SD: more conservative voters
- Shasta County, CA: more conservative voters
- Bay County, FL: more conservative voters
- El Dorado County, CA: more liberal voters
- Peoria County, IL: more liberal voters
- Litchfield County, CT: more conservative voters
- Vanderburgh County, IN: more conservative voters
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