The small town of Matador, TX, located in Motley County, has a population of around 1,000 people. It is the county seat and home to a variety of businesses and services. The town is served by an elected mayor and five city council members, who work together to make decisions about the future of the town. They focus on topics such as taxation, infrastructure, school funding, public safety, and economic development. Civic engagement is important in Matador; citizens are encouraged to attend city council meetings or write to their elected officials about any issues that they may have. Together these individuals are responsible for ensuring that Matador remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 79244 (Matador, TX) is very conservative.
Motley County, TX is very conservative. In Motley County, TX 7.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 92.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Motley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 92.6% to 7.1%.
Motley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79244 (Matador, TX) is very conservative.
Matador, Texas is very conservative.
Motley County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Matador, 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 79244 (Matador)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $3,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)