The politics of 79370 Spur, TX are largely conservative and involve a lot of local participation. There is a Mayor, City Council, and various other municipal boards which are all elected by the citizens. The City Council meets on the second Thursday of each month to discuss issues related to municipal operations like public safety, infrastructure, and other services that affect the community. There is also a strong emphasis on volunteerism in 79370 Spur; local organizations often rely on volunteers in order to carry out their work. Furthermore, there is an active presence of political advocacy groups in the city; these organizations work to protect civil liberties and ensure that the government is held accountable for its decisions. Despite this healthy level of political involvement and activism, population numbers remain relatively small due to the rural nature of the area.
The political climate in Zip 79370 (Spur, TX) is strongly conservative.
Dickens County, TX is very conservative. In Dickens County, TX 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 13.2%.
Dickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79370 (Spur, TX) is strongly conservative.
Spur, Texas is strongly conservative.
Dickens 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.
Spur, 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 79370 (Spur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $4,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)