The politics in 79226 Clarendon, TX are largely influenced by the Texas state government, although the small town does have a mayor and city council to handle their local concerns. The mayor is responsible for managing the staff and overseeing the budget of the city, while the city council acts as a legislative body to approve ordinances, pass resolutions, and serve as general advisors on matters related to the welfare of the community. The mayor is elected every two years by popular vote of citizens residing within Clarendon's city limits. All members of the city council are appointed by either the mayor or governor of Texas.The population of 79226 Clarendon is 798 people according to 2019 census data, so local candidates for office tend to focus more on grassroots initiatives rather than large-scale campaigns that they would need significant financial resources to run.
The political climate in Zip 79226 (Clarendon, TX) is very conservative.
Donley County, TX is very conservative. In Donley County, TX 12.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Donley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 12.0%.
Donley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79226 (Clarendon, TX) is very conservative.
Clarendon, Texas is very conservative.
Donley 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.
Clarendon, 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 79226 (Clarendon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 480 contributions totaling $10,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $157,762 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,856 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)