Happy, TX is a small town in Texas that is governed by local elected officials. Each election cycle, local residents are given the opportunity to vote for a mayor and several city council members. Along with this, citizens have the ability to vote on various initiatives and referendums that could affect the town's governance. Furthermore, Happy, TX has an active citizenry that actively engages in political discussions about how the town should be run and what policies should be implemented. With all of these components in place, politics play an important role in helping shape the future of Happy, TX.
The political climate in Happy, TX is strongly conservative.
Swisher County, TX is very conservative. In Swisher County, TX 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Swisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Happy, TX is strongly conservative.
Swisher County, Texas is very conservative.
Amarillo 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.
Happy, 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 Happy, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)