The small town of Sonora, TX, located in the heart of Texas, has a population of around 3,300 people and is known for its vibrant culture rooted in the history and traditions of rural life. With such a small population, politics in Sonora are generally more local than national. The most important political races are those for mayor and City Council members as well as countywide elections. The mayor is elected every two years while each City Council member serves a four-year term. Despite the fact that they are non-partisan races, members of both major parties commonly enter the political arena in order to ensure that their voices are heard by the electorate. When it comes to issues affecting Sonora’s citizens, city leaders often prioritize public safety along with infrastructure improvements such as roads upgrades and water systems maintenance. Additionally, economic development initiatives like tax incentives and business grants are regularly discussed at town hall meetings and other public forums. With hard work and dedication from its citizens, Sonora continues to strive towards becoming even better place to live for everyone who calls this small Texas town home.
The political climate in Zip 76950 (Sonora, TX) is strongly conservative.
Sutton County, TX is very conservative. In Sutton County, TX 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sutton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.7%.
Sutton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76950 (Sonora, TX) is strongly conservative.
Sonora, Texas is strongly conservative.
Sutton 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.
Sonora, 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 76950 (Sonora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $39,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)