Midland, Texas is located in the Permian Basin region of West Texas and has a population of approximately 136,000. It is home to many large businesses and industries that contribute to its economy. The political scene in Midland is represented by local, state, and federal representatives serving their constituents. At the local level, the Mayor and City Council are responsible for governing the city's affairs. The City Council is composed of five members elected at large by the citizens of Midland every two years. These council members are tasked with managing public policy issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives. At the state level, Midland is represented by Senator Kel Seliger who serves District 31 in the Texas Senate. In addition, two members of the House of Representatives serve District 81 which includes parts of Midland County as well as Ector County. Finally, at the national level Congressman Mike Conaway represents all of West Texas in Congressional District 11 as part of the U.S House Of Representatives.
The political climate in Zip 79706 (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 79706 (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 79706 (Midland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $3,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $61,237 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)