The town of Balmorhea, Texas, is located in Reeves County and is home to just over 700 people. This rural area in West Texas is served by a mayor-council form of government, with the current mayor being David Flores. The Town Council consists of five members: Mayor Pro Tem Jo Ann Avila, Mike Chirinos, Javier Martinez, Jesus Robert Mancha and Maria E. Ortega. Each year, the municipality holds an election where local residents can vote for their favorite candidates to represent the town in its governing body. As a small community with close ties between locals, debates are usually friendly and cordial with all parties working together to bring progress to Balmorhea. With plenty of room for growth and development on the horizon, residents of Balmorhea have been looking forward to seeing what their elected officials can do for their beloved town.
The political climate in Zip 79718 (Balmorhea, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Reeves County, TX is moderately conservative. In Reeves County, TX 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reeves county flipped overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.8%.
Reeves county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79718 (Balmorhea, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Balmorhea, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Reeves County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Pecos Metro Area is moderately 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.
Balmorhea, Texas: D r d D d 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 79718 (Balmorhea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $26,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)