The small town of Marfa, TX is located in the heart of West Texas and is known for its unique culture and art scene. Despite its relatively small size, Marfa has a vibrant political culture with several local organizations advocating for important issues. The main political players in the city are the Presidio County Commissioners Court, which is responsible for setting the annual county budget and making policy decisions, as well as the City Council, which serves as the governing body of Marfa. Additionally, there are numerous grass-roots organizations that are dedicated to promoting progressive causes such as environmental protection and gender equality. Despite not having any major political candidates running in this election cycle, it is evident that Marfa still takes politics seriously and will continue to be a leader in Texas' fight for progress.
The political climate in Zip 79843 (Marfa, TX) is moderately liberal.
Presidio County, TX is very liberal. In Presidio County, TX 66.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Presidio county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.0% to 32.5%.
Presidio county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79843 (Marfa, TX) is moderately liberal.
Marfa, Texas is moderately liberal.
Presidio County, Texas is very liberal.
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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.
Marfa, Texas: D D D D D D
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 79843 (Marfa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 283 contributions totaling $26,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $8,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)