The small town of Sheffield, Texas, situated in the county of Tom Green, has seen a surge in political interest and activity over the past few years. With a population of just over 6,000 residents spread across a sparsely populated area, local politics is an important part of life for many locals in the area. Residents are passionate about their community and take an active stance on local issues such as taxation reform and public safety. Local politicians are often engaged with their constituents to ensure that their views are heard when it comes to matters concerning city government. The local mayor works closely with members of the city council to ensure that policy decisions are made in the best interests of all citizens. Additionally, special committees and task forces have been created to tackle specific issues or assess potential solutions for various problems facing the community. In this way, Sheffield strives to enhance its citizens' quality of life by promoting active civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 79781 (Sheffield, TX) is strongly conservative.
Pecos County, TX is very conservative. In Pecos County, TX 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pecos county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Pecos county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79781 (Sheffield, TX) is strongly conservative.
Sheffield, Texas is strongly conservative.
Pecos 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.
Sheffield, 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 79781 (Sheffield)
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 $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)