The city of Pampa, Texas is located in Gray County. It has a population of 17,887 according to the 2019 census estimate. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with five councilors that are elected at large. Serving as the current mayor of Pampa is Ginger Nelson, who was first elected in 2014 and re-elected for her third term in 2020. Currently, all five councilors are up for re-election this year with a total of nine candidates vying for the position. Local political issues include improving public safety and infrastructure, reducing taxes, supporting local businesses and creating jobs. The election will take place on May 1st, 2021 and will determine who will serve as the next mayor and council members of Pampa.
The political climate in Zip 79065 (Pampa, TX) is strongly conservative.
Gray County, TX is very conservative. In Gray County, TX 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.9% to 10.7%.
Gray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79065 (Pampa, TX) is strongly conservative.
Pampa, Texas is strongly conservative.
Gray County, Texas is very conservative.
Pampa 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.
Pampa, 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 79065 (Pampa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $9,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $28,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)