Politics in 79520 Hamlin, TX are largely influenced by the city's rural roots. The local government is led by a mayor and council members, who strive to ensure that the needs of the community are met. The council makes decisions about public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and other important topics. Local elections are held every two years to elect new representatives for each district. While there are no specific political parties in Hamlin, candidates typically take strong stances on topics such as taxes, education, and public safety. Residents of Hamlin are passionate about their community and actively participate in local politics to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 79520 (Hamlin, TX) is strongly conservative.
Jones County, TX is very conservative. In Jones County, TX 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 14.8%.
Jones county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79520 (Hamlin, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hamlin, Texas is strongly conservative.
Jones County, Texas is very conservative.
Abilene 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.
Hamlin, 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 79520 (Hamlin)
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 26 contributions totaling $3,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)