The city of Odessa, TX is a vibrant and bustling community located in the heart of the Permian Basin. It has seen an increase in population over the years and is now home to nearly 120,000 people. Politically, the city has been represented by a variety of candidates from both major parties. At the federal level, Republican Ronny Jackson represents Texas’s 13th district which includes Odessa. In addition to this, at the state level Republican Brooks Landgraf represents House District 81 which covers much of Odessa as well as its nearby cities. On the local level, Mayor David Turner has held his position since 2013 and was reelected in 2017 to another term. The City Council consists of five members – two Republicans and three Democrats – who are elected every two years in May elections. With such a diverse set of political representatives, Odessa remains an active participant in politics across all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 79762 (Odessa, TX) is strongly conservative.
Ector County, TX is very conservative. In Ector County, TX 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ector county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.5%.
Ector county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79762 (Odessa, TX) is strongly conservative.
Odessa, Texas is strongly conservative.
Ector County, Texas is very conservative.
Odessa 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.
Odessa, 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 79762 (Odessa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 619 contributions totaling $44,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 659 contributions totaling $540,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $820 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)