The city of Lubbock, TX (zip code 79423) is situated in the South Plains region of Texas and serves as the county seat for Lubbock County. It is a vibrant and diverse city with a population of 249,042 people according to the 2019 US Census. Politically, the city is mainly represented by Democrats in both federal and state levels. At the federal level, Congressman Jodey Arrington represents most of Lubbock while Congressman Henry Cuellar holds a majority at the state level. The mayor is Dan Pope who was elected in 2016 on a platform of economic development initiatives and infrastructure investment. All members of City Council are also Democrats focusing on ensuring access to quality public education among other issues. Voters in Lubbock tend to be more socially conservative but have traditionally voted Democratic in national elections.
The political climate in Zip 79423 (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 79423 (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 79423 (Lubbock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 435 contributions totaling $66,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,018 contributions totaling $333,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)