Gail, TX is a small rural community located in the Texas panhandle. The city is governed by the City Council, which consists of four council members and a mayor. The current mayor is Bryan Burditt, who has been in office since 2014. Residents of Gail have access to many local services such as library and recreation facilities, and the city supports its local businesses with incentives like tax breaks and grants for new projects. Gail also has an active civic life with groups that advocate for issues such as economic development and environmental protection. The city council regularly holds meetings to discuss issues that affect the community, and residents can attend to voice their opinions on matters of local importance. Overall, Gail is an active political environment with many opportunities for citizens to engage in their government and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 79738 (Gail, TX) is very conservative.
Borden County, TX is very conservative. In Borden County, TX 3.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 95.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Borden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 95.4% to 3.8%.
Borden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79738 (Gail, TX) is very conservative.
Gail, Texas is very conservative.
Borden 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.
Gail, 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 79738 (Gail)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $8,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $688 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $15,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)