Petty, TX, located in 75470, is a small rural town that is deeply entrenched in local politics. While there aren’t any specific local political candidates running for office, the citizens of Petty actively engage and participate in many debates on key societal issues. These debates include topics such as taxation levels, healthcare access, zoning regulations, and educational quality. The citizens of Petty have always been dedicated to ensuring that their elected officials make the decisions that are best for the community and its individuals. They strongly believe in having an active voice to ensure that their concerns are heard and addressed by their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 75470 (Petty, TX) is very conservative.
Lamar County, TX is very conservative. In Lamar County, TX 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.8%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75470 (Petty, TX) is very conservative.
Petty, Texas is very conservative.
Lamar County, Texas is very conservative.
Paris 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.
Petty, 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 75470 (Petty)
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 63 contributions totaling $9,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)