Sylvester, TX situated in zipcode 79560 is a small town with a population of approximately 600 people, located in Fisher County. It has a rich history and is largely comprised of farmers and ranchers. Sylvester has been served by the same mayor for the past twenty years, who was last re-elected in 2017. The town also elects four council members to represent them on the Sylvester City Council. These members are responsible for setting policies and regulations that affect daily life in the area. This includes decisions regarding zoning laws, public safety, public works, parks and recreation programs, ordinances and more. Local elections are held every two years, when citizens are able to cast their votes for their preferred city government officials. Through these elections, the citizens of Sylvester have their say in who will be representing them and deciding on important matters that will affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 79560 (Sylvester, TX) is very conservative.
Fisher County, TX is very conservative. In Fisher County, TX 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.3%.
Fisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79560 (Sylvester, TX) is very conservative.
Sylvester, Texas is very conservative.
Fisher 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.
Sylvester, 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 79560 (Sylvester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)