Rankin, Texas is located in Upton County and is a small city with a population of around 400 people. It is a close-knit community with conservative political views. The mayor of Rankin is currently Gary Fisher, who was first elected in 2018. He has been working to make the town an even better place to live by investing in new infrastructure and creating more job opportunities. In addition to the mayor, Rankin also has two city council members who are elected every two years. These individuals have the responsibility of representing the interests of their constituents and making sure that Rankin remains a safe and vibrant place for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 79778 (Rankin, TX) is strongly conservative.
Upton County, TX is very conservative. In Upton County, TX 12.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.4%.
Upton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79778 (Rankin, TX) is strongly conservative.
Rankin, Texas is strongly conservative.
Upton 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.
Rankin, 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 79778 (Rankin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $2 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $8,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)