Idalou, Texas is an example of a small town with a rich political history. Located in Lubbock County, Idalou is home to just over 3,000 residents who have come together to create and sustain a thriving and vibrant community. As such, the citizens of Idalou have placed significant importance on their local politics by actively participating in the election process and holding candidates accountable for their decisions. Residents of Idalou are known to advocate for issues important to them such as economic development, public safety, education reform, and environmental protection. Every election cycle brings new candidates vying for local office that run on platforms promoting policies beneficial to the citizens of Idalou. These elections provide a platform for citizens to express their views on the current leadership and ensure that their voices are heard in shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 79329 (Idalou, TX) is strongly conservative.
Lubbock County, TX is very conservative. In Lubbock County, TX 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lubbock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 33.1%.
Lubbock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79329 (Idalou, TX) is strongly conservative.
Idalou, Texas is strongly conservative.
Lubbock County, Texas is very conservative.
Lubbock 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.
Idalou, 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 79329 (Idalou)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $13,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)