79078 Sanford, TX is located in the southeast region of Texas and is part of Hutchinson County. The county is home to a diverse political landscape with 11 precincts and 4 commissioner’s court members who are all elected at-large. The current commissioners are comprised of two Republicans and two Democrats that were voted in during the 2020 elections. The Republican party has the majority on the court, however voices from both sides of the aisle are heard when making decisions regarding local ordinances and taxes. Despite its small population size, 79078 Sanford, TX is an active political community that keeps informed about the latest news in order to ensure their representation in state government remains strong.
The political climate in Zip 79078 (Sanford, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hutchinson County, TX is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, TX 11.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.6% to 11.0%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79078 (Sanford, TX) is strongly conservative.
Sanford, Texas is strongly conservative.
Hutchinson County, Texas is very conservative.
Borger 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.
Sanford, 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 79078 (Sanford)
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 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)