Mertzon, Texas is a small town located in Irion County with a population of 1,239 as of the 2010 census. It is a community that is represented politically at both the county and state level. At the county level there are two County Commissioners who are elected to serve four-year terms, while at the state level there are representatives in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate whose primary role is to represent the interests of their constituents from Mertzon. There is also an elected mayor of Mertzon who works closely with council members to make decisions for the city. Local political candidates running for office can be found through websites like VoteTexas.org where citizens are able to become informed on who they are voting for and learn about their stances on various issues such as taxes, education reform, healthcare, public safety, and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 76941 (Mertzon, TX) is very conservative.
Irion County, TX is very conservative. In Irion County, TX 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Irion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.5%.
Irion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76941 (Mertzon, TX) is very conservative.
Mertzon, Texas is very conservative.
Irion County, Texas is very conservative.
San Angelo 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.
Mertzon, 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 76941 (Mertzon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 441 contributions totaling $12,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $29,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)