Rankin, TX is a small town located in the Western part of Texas. Despite its small population, the politics in Rankin are vibrant and important to the community. Local elections are held every two years, with candidates running for mayor, city council members, and other positions. The town prides itself on having an informed electorate that takes their civic duties seriously. Candidates must communicate their plans for the future and demonstrate why they are best suited to lead the town forward. Issues such as job creation, infrastructure improvements, and budgeting are all important to both candidates and voters alike. Both residents and visitors often remark on how passionate the rankinites are about their local politics and take pride in participating in elections.
The political climate in Rankin, TX is strongly conservative.
Upton County, TX is very conservative. In Upton County, TX 12.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.4%.
Upton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rankin, TX is strongly conservative.
Upton 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.
Rankin, 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 Rankin, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $2 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $8,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)