McLean, TX is a small town in Gray County with a population of about 600. The town is governed by the McLean City Council, which consists of five City Council members elected to two-year staggered terms. The City Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Municipal Building located at 104 E Main Street. Elected officials include Mayor John Jones and Vice Mayor Mary Smith who are both dedicated to helping McLean thrive and grow as a community. The Town has an independent school district that serves students from kindergarten through 12th grade and provides excellent education for its residents. Additionally, the city is proud to have two volunteer fire departments that serve it's citizens. With these available resources, local citizens can make their voices heard regarding important political issues and be part of making positive changes in their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 79057 (McLean, TX) is very conservative.
Gray County, TX is very conservative. In Gray County, TX 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 10.7%.
Gray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79057 (McLean, TX) is very conservative.
McLean, Texas is very conservative.
Gray County, Texas is very conservative.
Pampa 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.
McLean, 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 79057 (McLean)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $36 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $6,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)