Brownfield, TX (78316) is a small city in Terry County, Texas. As such, it has a local government that is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the community and the protection of its citizens. The Brownfield City Council governs the city and provides leadership to ensure their constituents have the best quality of life possible. Mayor Gary Brown is currently leading the city council and his duties include setting the agenda for each meeting, making decisions on important issues facing the city, and representing Brownfield at local meetings with county officials. Additionally, there are several representatives from each precinct in Brownfield that make up the council and help guide policy decisions throughout the year. Together, Mayor Brown and these representatives work to ensure that all citizens of Brownfield have access to quality services and resources while upholding their rights as citizens within their community.
The political climate in Zip 79316 (Brownfield, TX) is strongly conservative.
Terry County, TX is very conservative. In Terry County, TX 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Terry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 21.0%.
Terry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79316 (Brownfield, TX) is strongly conservative.
Brownfield, Texas is strongly conservative.
Terry County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Brownfield, 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 79316 (Brownfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $5,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $648 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $46,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)