The small town of 79237 Hedley, TX is a tight-knit community that values their local politics. Residents are passionate about the decisions made by their elected officials and take an active role in staying informed and involved. The town's current mayor is Mary Smith who was elected after a long campaign in 2020. Mayor Smith has been successful in leading the town through recent economic difficulties while also advocating for infrastructure improvements. Community members have had the opportunity to attend open meetings with Mayor Smith to voice their opinions on how they would like to see the town move forward. There is a strong sense of civic engagement among the citizens of 79237 Hedley, TX, and it is clear that they will continue to make their voices heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 79237 (Hedley, TX) is strongly conservative.
Donley County, TX is very conservative. In Donley County, TX 12.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Donley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 12.0%.
Donley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79237 (Hedley, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hedley, Texas is strongly conservative.
Donley 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.
Hedley, 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 79237 (Hedley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)