The small town of Skellytown, TX, located in Potter County (79080), does not have a large population but is steeped in a rich history. The local political scene has been dominated by the Republican party for many years with no major local candidates from other political parties challenging for office. It is seen as a place where the same family names are recycled over and over for election season, making it almost impossible to break into the local political arena. While some residents are content with the current state of affairs, there are others who feel that more diversity in terms of local candidates and political views would help to breathe new life into the community and bring positive change.
The political climate in Zip 79080 (Skellytown, TX) is very conservative.
Carson County, TX is very conservative. In Carson County, TX 9.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.0% to 9.5%.
Carson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79080 (Skellytown, TX) is very conservative.
Skellytown, Texas is very conservative.
Carson County, Texas is very conservative.
Amarillo 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.
Skellytown, 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 79080 (Skellytown)
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 9 contributions totaling $3,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)