Midland, Texas is located in the Permian Basin region of West Texas and has a population of approximately 133,000. The city is governed by a mayor-council system, with Mayor Patrick Payton currently in office. Midland is part of the 11th Congressional District of Texas and is represented by Republican Congressman Mike Conaway in the House of Representatives. On the state level, Midland falls within District 82 and is represented by Representative Tom Craddick. At the local level, Midland citizens elect representatives to serve on the City Council, School Board, and other offices such as members of the County Commissioners Court. Political debates are often held at local town halls to discuss issues important to Midland residents such as tax reform and economic development. Local political candidates hold regular events throughout the city to introduce themselves to voters before elections take place.
The political climate in Midland, TX is moderately conservative.
Midland County, TX is very conservative. In Midland County, TX 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Midland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.9%.
Midland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Midland, TX is moderately conservative.
Midland County, Texas is very conservative.
Midland Metro Area is very 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.
Midland, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Midland, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,133 contributions totaling $455,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,745 contributions totaling $4,613,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $803 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)