The small town of Byers, TX (76357) is located in Clay County and is part of the larger Wichita Falls metropolitan area. The politics of the town are largely aligned with those of Texas as a whole, with traditionally conservative values. As such, local government elections usually center around economic issues and maintaining the town's traditional way of life, rather than social issues. In recent years, there have been some changes to the political landscape in Byers, including the election of more progressive candidates who have advocated for environmental protection and increased support for local businesses. Despite these changes, traditional values remain strong in the community and will likely be a major factor in upcoming local elections.
The political climate in Zip 76357 (Byers, TX) is very conservative.
Clay County, TX is very conservative. In Clay County, TX 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.2% to 10.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76357 (Byers, TX) is very conservative.
Byers, Texas is very conservative.
Clay County, Texas is very conservative.
Wichita Falls 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.
Byers, 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 76357 (Byers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $14,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $591 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)