The city of Midland, TX is located in the heart of West Texas and has a rich political history. As the county seat of Midland County, 79705 serves as an important hub for government and politics. The City Council is composed of a Mayor and six Council Members who are elected at-large to serve two-year terms. They are tasked with governing the city and setting policy on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, zoning regulations, economic development and budgets. The County Commissioners Court works in conjunction with the City Council to manage countywide issues. Additionally, 79705 Midland is represented in state government by five elected officials: a U.S Representative, a State Senator, a State Representative for District 81 and two County Commissioners from Precinct 3 & 4 representing both sides of Interstate 20. All these positions work together to ensure that Midland remains an ideal place to live, work and play for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 79705 (Midland, TX) is strongly conservative.
Midland County, TX is very conservative. In Midland County, TX 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Midland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.9%.
Midland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79705 (Midland, TX) is strongly conservative.
Midland, Texas is strongly conservative.
Midland County, Texas is very conservative.
Midland 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.
Midland, 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 79705 (Midland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,788 contributions totaling $138,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,120 contributions totaling $1,844,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $870 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)