Politics in 79311 Abernathy, TX are heavily influenced by local elections. The town is represented on the state and national levels by Republicans, but has a vibrant local government that is primarily supported by Democrats. During local elections, candidates from both parties compete for positions on the city council, school board, and other positions of local leadership. Elections are a major source of civic engagement in the community, with numerous campaigns to raise voter awareness and involvement. Local issues such as public education, economic development, and infrastructure projects are key topics discussed during election season. The results of these elections are important to the future of 79311 Abernathy, TX and can have a huge impact on its citizens lives.
The political climate in Zip 79311 (Abernathy, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hale County, TX is very conservative. In Hale County, TX 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Hale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79311 (Abernathy, TX) is strongly conservative.
Abernathy, Texas is strongly conservative.
Hale County, Texas is very conservative.
Plainview 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.
Abernathy, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 79311 (Abernathy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $9,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)