The city of 79355 Plains, TX is rich with political history. The city is governed by a mayor and five council members; all of whom are elected by the people in the area. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to vote for local candidates that they feel will serve their interests best. While there are no local elections taking place right now, the citizens of 79355 Plains, TX can keep up with current political events to stay informed. From state legislature decisions to debates on national policies, the politics of 79355 Plains, TX remain an active topic of conversation.
The political climate in Zip 79355 (Plains, TX) is strongly conservative.
Yoakum County, TX is very conservative. In Yoakum County, TX 16.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yoakum county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.6% to 16.0%.
Yoakum county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79355 (Plains, TX) is strongly conservative.
Plains, Texas is strongly conservative.
Yoakum 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.
Plains, 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 79355 (Plains)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $15,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)