Tahoka, TX is a small town located in Lynn County in the state of Texas. Despite its small size, Tahoka has an active and vibrant political climate. Local elections are held every two years for the city council and mayor. The local politicians strive to better the community by advocating for improvements such as public works projects and other initiatives that benefit the citizens of Tahoka. In addition to local politics, residents of Tahoka have their own opinions on state and national issues which they express through voting in larger scale elections. Through their participation, the residents of Tahoka demonstrate that even in a small town, politics still matters.
The political climate in Tahoka, TX is moderately conservative.
Lynn County, TX is very conservative. In Lynn County, TX 18.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lynn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.7%.
Lynn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tahoka, TX is moderately conservative.
Lynn County, Texas is very conservative.
Lubbock 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.
Tahoka, 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 Tahoka, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $4,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)