Stanton, TX is located in Martin County and is a small rural town with an estimated population of 2,007 people. The local political candidates in the 79782 area represent a variety of interests and agendas. They range from those who are pushing for a greater focus on economic development and job creation to others who are advocating for increased access to quality healthcare and education opportunities. There are also candidates who are running on platforms that emphasize environmental protection, public safety, infrastructure development, and more. In Stanton, the local politics are focused heavily on building relationships between community leaders and citizens so that everyone can benefit from the progress of the small town.
The political climate in Zip 79782 (Stanton, TX) is very conservative.
Martin County, TX is very conservative. In Martin County, TX 13.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 13.3%.
Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79782 (Stanton, TX) is very conservative.
Stanton, Texas is very conservative.
Martin County, Texas is very conservative.
Midland 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.
Stanton, 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 79782 (Stanton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $17,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)