In 79021 Cotton Center, TX, the politics of the area is reflective of its location in Texas. The area is primarily made up of rural towns and cities that strongly reflect conservative values and support Republican candidates. The population is largely Caucasian and spread out across the countryside. There are no major political candidates running in this region and the local elections are usually concentrated on smaller issues such as school board members or county commissioners. Political discourse tends to be relatively quiet here with most residents focusing their attention on other endeavors such as farming, ranching, and other outdoor activities.
The political climate in Zip 79021 (Cotton Center, TX) is very conservative.
Hale County, TX is very conservative. In Hale County, TX 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Hale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79021 (Cotton Center, TX) is very conservative.
Cotton Center, Texas is very conservative.
Hale County, Texas is very conservative.
Plainview 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.
Cotton Center, 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 79021 (Cotton Center)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)