The small town of Matador, TX is a tight-knit community where the residents are passionate about their local politics. Despite its small size, Matador's political landscape is diverse and complex, with the town having several candidates vying for various offices in each election cycle. Each candidate has their own unique platform that appeals to different constituents in the area. These platforms often focus on issues such as education, health care, economic development and job creation. In order to better serve the city’s growing population, these candidates must stay informed on all matters of local importance and strive to create meaningful change in Matador for everyone involved.
The political climate in Matador, TX is strongly conservative.
Motley County, TX is very conservative. In Motley County, TX 7.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 92.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Motley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 92.6% to 7.1%.
Motley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Matador, TX is strongly conservative.
Motley County, Texas 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.
Matador, 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 Matador, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $3,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)