The politics of 79403 Lubbock, TX are largely focused on the Republican Party. This is in line with the state of Texas’s long history of being a strongly red state. The current mayor of Lubbock is Dan Pope, who has been in office since April 2014. He is a member of the Republican Party and has been endorsed by various conservative groups such as the Texas Conservative Coalition and the Tea Party. Many local political candidates also tend to be members of the Republican party, however there are some more progressive challengers that have emerged recently. These include Rebecca Bell-Metereau who ran for Mayor in 2020, and Ranea Hicks who is running for City Council in 2021. Both women are staunch progressives, who aim to bring their new ideas to city governance while still trying to uphold traditional values.
The political climate in Zip 79403 (Lubbock, TX) is moderately 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 79403 (Lubbock, TX) is moderately conservative.
Lubbock, Texas is moderately 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.
Lubbock, 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 79403 (Lubbock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $18,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $19,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)