Panna Maria, TX is a small community of approximately 500 people located in Karnes Country. As a predominantly rural area, Panna Maria has an elected mayor and town council that act as the governing body for the town. The mayor is chosen every two years in a nonpartisan election open to all members of the town. The Town Council consists of five members who are voted into office by the residents of Panna Maria. All candidates must be registered voters within the city limits and must have lived in the city for at least one year prior to running for office. The Town Council oversees important decisions related to zoning, public safety, infrastructure development and many other topics that affect the citizens of Panna Maria. Additionally, each member of the Town Council also serves on various local boards and committees that provide guidance and oversight for the citizens of Panna Maria.
The political climate in Zip 78144 (Panna Maria, TX) is very conservative.
Karnes County, TX is very conservative. In Karnes County, TX 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Karnes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 23.5%.
Karnes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78144 (Panna Maria, TX) is very conservative.
Panna Maria, Texas is very conservative.
Karnes County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Panna Maria, 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 78144 (Panna Maria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $10,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)