Merkel, TX is a small town located in Taylor County, Texas. It is home to just over 1,800 people and is an unincorporated community. Politically, the town of Merkel is part of the Taylor County Republican Party. The party works for the betterment of all citizens in the county by advocating for fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention. They also work to ensure that all citizens can access quality education and healthcare services. In addition to local political representation from the Republican Party, Merkel residents can also cast their ballots in state and national elections.
The political climate in Zip 79536 (Merkel, TX) is very conservative.
Taylor County, TX is very conservative. In Taylor County, TX 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.5%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79536 (Merkel, TX) is very conservative.
Merkel, Texas is very conservative.
Taylor County, Texas is very conservative.
Abilene 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.
Merkel, 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 79536 (Merkel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)