Politics in 79252 Quanah, TX are largely driven by the local government. The town is served by a mayor and five city council members, who are all elected at-large by the residents of the town. The mayor serves as the head of the city government with responsibilities such as managing and overseeing municipal operations, proposing legislation to be passed by the city council, and representing the town's interests to other organizations. The city council is responsible for enacting laws and ordinances that apply throughout the town. They also serve as an advisory body for proposed projects or programs within Quanah, making sure that such projects or programs benefit its citizens. Additionally, they hold hearings on issues related to public health, safety, welfare, business operations, taxes, and more. The local political climate is generally conservative in nature with most candidates advocating for property rights and small government initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 79252 (Quanah, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hardeman County, TX is very conservative. In Hardeman County, TX 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardeman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.2% to 15.3%.
Hardeman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79252 (Quanah, TX) is strongly conservative.
Quanah, Texas is strongly conservative.
Hardeman County, Texas is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Quanah, 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 79252 (Quanah)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)