Girard, Texas is a small town located in the heart of Nolan County. It is home to just over 1,000 people and is known for its friendly community atmosphere and rural way of life. Politically, Girard has been represented by Republicans at all levels of government since the early 2000s. On the state level, the town is represented by district 60 state representative Drew Darby. On a federal level, U.S. Congressman Jodey Arrington represents most of Nolan County including Girard. At the local level, there are currently no candidates running for office in Girard this year due to an uncontested election. Despite having no local candidates on the ballot, politics still play an important role in the lives of those who live in Girard as they remain engaged with politics at both state and federal levels to ensure their interests are being heard and represented properly.
The political climate in Zip 79518 (Girard, TX) is very conservative.
Kent County, TX is very conservative. In Kent County, TX 10.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.0% to 10.2%.
Kent county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79518 (Girard, TX) is very conservative.
Girard, Texas is very conservative.
Kent 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.
Girard, 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 79518 (Girard)
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 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)