Loraine, TX is a small town located in Mitchell County and has a population of around 600 people. The city is governed by a Mayor and 4-member City Council, which are elected at-large by the residents of Loraine every two years. Elections are held in May or November and the current mayor is Carolyn Whitlock. The City Council consists of Jack Baker, Laura Harrison, Sarah Smith and Richard Taylor who's main responsibility is to serve as representatives for local citizens and make decisions on their behalf. They work together to ensure that Loraine remains safe and prosperous while attempting to keep taxes low. The local political candidates running for office this year are Robert Lopez for Mayor, Kate Jennings, Larry Brown, Joe Miller and Elizabeth Wilson for City Council positions. It is important that all residents of Loraine stay informed on the current politics in their town so they can make an educated decision when it comes to voting for local candidates.
The political climate in Zip 79532 (Loraine, TX) is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, TX is very conservative. In Mitchell County, TX 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 15.4%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79532 (Loraine, TX) is strongly conservative.
Loraine, Texas is strongly conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Loraine, 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 79532 (Loraine)
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 15 contributions totaling $2,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)