79504 Baird, TX is a small city located in Callahan County. As with many small towns of similar size and population, 79504 Baird, TX has a limited political landscape. Local decisions are made by the mayor and city council, who are elected by popular vote to represent the interests of the citizens. Every few years, local residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in municipal elections. The politicians representing 79504 Baird, TX continue to focus on improving infrastructure and amenities to keep up with the changing needs of the community and its residents. Additionally, they work hard to ensure that taxes remain manageable while at the same time providing essential services such as police protection, firefighting services and public works projects. In summary, 79504 Baird is a quiet town that actively participates in local politics to help shape it's future.
The political climate in Zip 79504 (Baird, TX) is strongly conservative.
Callahan County, TX is very conservative. In Callahan County, TX 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Callahan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 10.7%.
Callahan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79504 (Baird, TX) is strongly conservative.
Baird, Texas is strongly conservative.
Callahan 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.
Baird, 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 79504 (Baird)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $12,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)