The city of Abilene, TX is located in 79605 and is the main seat of Taylor County. It has a strong history of politics that includes the election of mayors from both major political parties. Currently, Abilene has a mayor-council form of government with the Mayor being elected at-large by the citizens. The current mayor is Anthony Williams, who was elected to the position in 2014 from the Republican party. The City Council consists of five members who are also elected at-large by the citizens. Each year there are local elections for these positions as well as topics on ballot initiatives that have been put forth by residents in an effort to make positive changes to their community. With a population of over 120,000 people, Abilene is a thriving and vibrant city that is constantly engaged in politics and debates about what steps will lead to better solutions for all those living within its boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 79605 (Abilene, TX) is strongly conservative.
Taylor County, TX is very conservative. In Taylor County, TX 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.5%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79605 (Abilene, TX) is strongly conservative.
Abilene, Texas is strongly conservative.
Taylor County, Texas is very conservative.
Abilene 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.
Abilene, 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 79605 (Abilene)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,191 contributions totaling $70,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 670 contributions totaling $293,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)