The Midland, TX Metro Area is home to many different political views and perspectives. From local elected officials to the national level, politics are a big part of life in this city. As the largest city in the area, Midland has several representatives on the local and state level. The City Council is elected by citizens of the area and is responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect all residents. In addition, there are several candidates running for local offices like Mayor, City Councilmember, County Commissioner, State Representative, and State Senator. These candidates bring their own unique perspectives to how they will represent their districts if elected. Residents of Midland also have a voice in national politics through their Congressional Representatives in both the House of Representatives and US Senate. Overall, politics in the Midland Metro Area are vibrant and diverse with many different voices being heard throughout the political process.
The political climate in Midland Metro Area is very conservative.
In Midland Metro Area 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Midland metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.7%.
The Midland metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Midland, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Midland Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,859 contributions totaling $426,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,056 contributions totaling $4,122,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $815 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)