Hermleigh, TX is a small town located in Scurry County in West Texas. The town has a population of about 500 people and is predominately rural. The local politics of Hermleigh, TX are determined by the mayor and city council members who serve for two-year terms. Elections are held every two years and typically feature candidates from both major political parties vying for office. Generally speaking, the majority of residents in Hermleigh are conservative, with many holding traditional values such as respect for authority, law and order, and individual responsibility. Issues that often arise during local elections include taxation rates, infrastructure development, educational initiatives, public safety concerns and other matters affecting local citizens. Governmental services provided to-date include street maintenance, animal control ordinances, building safety codes enforcement, and operation of a volunteer fire department.
The political climate in Zip 79526 (Hermleigh, TX) is very conservative.
Scurry County, TX is very conservative. In Scurry County, TX 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scurry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.9% to 13.9%.
Scurry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79526 (Hermleigh, TX) is very conservative.
Hermleigh, Texas is very conservative.
Scurry County, Texas is very conservative.
Snyder 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.
Hermleigh, 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 79526 (Hermleigh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $399 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)