The politics of 79745 Kermit, TX is a small yet active area. The city itself is relatively small, but the surrounding area has many rural towns that all contribute to local politics. Despite the size of the community, residents are passionate and vocal about their views and opinions. Local elections often see high voter turnout and strong advocacy for candidates from both major parties. The main issues that influence elections in this area include healthcare, education, immigration, and economic development. While these issues can be polarizing, the people of 79745 Kermit embrace them as part of the political process to create solutions that benefit everyone in the community.
The political climate in Zip 79745 (Kermit, TX) is strongly conservative.
Winkler County, TX is very conservative. In Winkler County, TX 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winkler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.8%.
Winkler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79745 (Kermit, TX) is strongly conservative.
Kermit, Texas is strongly conservative.
Winkler 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.
Kermit, 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 79745 (Kermit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $4,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)