79372 Sundown, TX is a small rural town in the Northeast corner of Texas, with a population of just over 1,000 people. It has a strong sense of community and tradition that makes it an ideal place to live and raise a family. The local politics in 79372 Sundown have remained largely unaltered for decades, with many political candidates from the same few families running for election every year. These candidates represent traditional values and support policies that are beneficial to the town’s citizens. As such, many of the residents strongly support these local politicians who have been elected by their peers for generations. While not all locals agree on each candidate or policy proposal, overall there is a strong consensus amongst them when it comes to representing their wants and needs in 79372 Sundown’s politics.
The political climate in Zip 79372 (Sundown, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hockley County, TX is very conservative. In Hockley County, TX 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hockley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.3%.
Hockley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79372 (Sundown, TX) is strongly conservative.
Sundown, Texas is strongly conservative.
Hockley County, Texas is very conservative.
Levelland 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.
Sundown, 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 79372 (Sundown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)