The city of Seagraves, TX has a long history of political involvement. Located in Gaines County, the 79359 zip code is represented by a variety of national and local politicians. At the federal level, the residents are represented by both Republican and Democrat members of Congress. On the state level, the Texas State House of Representatives includes several Republicans and Democrats from Seagraves. At the county level, Gaines County officials represent Seagraves at all levels. Local officials include Mayor George Mendez and City Council Members Jackie Rodriquez, Robert Williams, Anthony Garcia and two other members representing the area's interests. The local government holds regular meetings to discuss current issues facing citizens in all parts of the city. Residents take an active role in participating in local politics by attending town hall meetings, voicing their opinions on various matters and voting for their chosen candidates during elections. With such strong participation from its people, Seagraves is a vibrant community rooted firmly in democratic values.
The political climate in Zip 79359 (Seagraves, TX) is strongly conservative.
Gaines County, TX is very conservative. In Gaines County, TX 9.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gaines county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.3% to 9.6%.
Gaines county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79359 (Seagraves, TX) is strongly conservative.
Seagraves, Texas is strongly conservative.
Gaines 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.
Seagraves, 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 79359 (Seagraves)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $4,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)