Stanton, Texas is a small city located in Martin County. It has an active and engaged local political environment, with elected officials from the mayor to members of city council representing the town’s interests on a wide variety of issues. The citizens of Stanton are passionate about their community, and take part in regular meetings and events to discuss and debate the best course of action for their community. There are many candidates who run for office each election cycle, with each candidate promising to represent Stanton’s values and make the town stronger. Voters have plenty of options when it comes to deciding who they want as their representatives, allowing them to choose the candidate that will best reflect their individual beliefs and preferences. From local elections to state level representation, Stanton residents take the time to make sure their voices are heard in any political matter that affects their city.
The political climate in Stanton, TX is strongly conservative.
Martin County, TX is very conservative. In Martin County, TX 13.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 13.3%.
Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanton, TX is strongly conservative.
Martin 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.
Stanton, 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 Stanton, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $17,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)