The small town of Happy, TX, located in 79042, is a quaint community with a vibrant political atmosphere. Despite its small population, Happy residents are passionate about local politics and stay engaged with the issues that affect their town. The city council is composed of active members who are dedicated to ensuring the best interests of the residents are met. In addition to participating in local elections, citizens of Happy also take part in state and national election cycles. People of all political persuasions come together to debate the merits of each candidate and try to make sure their voice is heard when it comes time for casting their ballots. Though the debates may be heated at times, ultimately everyone wants what's best for their hometown and work towards achieving better outcomes for their community.
The political climate in Zip 79042 (Happy, TX) is very conservative.
Swisher County, TX is very conservative. In Swisher County, TX 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Swisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79042 (Happy, TX) is very conservative.
Happy, Texas is very conservative.
Swisher 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.
Happy, 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 79042 (Happy)
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 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)