Marlin, TX is a small town located in Falls County near the Brazos River. Despite its small size, 76661 Marlin is a vibrant and engaged community with many active citizens. The local government works hard to ensure the town is well taken care of and that the needs of its citizens are met. Residents regularly vote on important issues such as public safety, infrastructure, and budgeting. There are no current political candidates running for office in 76661 Marlin, TX but the people are engaged in their local government and take steps to ensure that their voices are heard on matters of importance. This has allowed Marlin to remain an active and strong community even after many years of economic struggle.
The political climate in Zip 76661 (Marlin, TX) is moderately conservative.
Falls County, TX is very conservative. In Falls County, TX 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Falls county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 31.0%.
Falls county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76661 (Marlin, TX) is moderately conservative.
Marlin, Texas is moderately conservative.
Falls County, Texas is very conservative.
Waco Metro Area is strongly 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.
Marlin, 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 76661 (Marlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 625 contributions totaling $22,723 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)