Politics in 79414 Lubbock, TX is an important part of the community. The government in this area is run by a mayor-council system that consists of an elected mayor and five-member council. All representatives are elected to serve four-year terms. The mayor and council are responsible for making sure the city's laws are enforced and services are provided. They also set the budget, manage the city’s finances, approve contracts, and make other decisions that affect the entire community. Every two years elections are held to determine who will serve on the council. Candidates often take positions on important issues such as public safety, economic development, education, and infrastructure projects. Residents of 79414 Lubbock have the opportunity to make their voices heard through voting on these issues and making sure their representatives are making decisions that benefit their community.
The political climate in Zip 79414 (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 79414 (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 79414 (Lubbock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $12,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $57,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)