The politics in 78389 Skidmore, TX are an important part of the community. The town is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Kenneth Sheets and in the Texas Senate by Donna Campbell. Both representatives strive to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard and taken into consideration when making decisions and policies on the local, state, and national levels. At the local level, Skidmore has a City Council consisting of five elected leaders who work together to maintain a safe and prosperous environment for its citizens. There are also several political activist groups in Skidmore that are dedicated to fighting for social justice and providing support for those who don’t have access to certain resources or services. No matter what your political views may be, it’s important to stay informed about current issues and be involved in your community’s politics so you can have a voice in shaping its future.
The political climate in Zip 78389 (Skidmore, TX) is moderately conservative.
Bee County, TX is strongly conservative. In Bee County, TX 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.9%.
Bee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78389 (Skidmore, TX) is moderately conservative.
Skidmore, Texas is moderately conservative.
Bee County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Beeville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Skidmore, 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 78389 (Skidmore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $10,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)