Politics in 79855 Van Horn, TX are generally considered to be conservative. The city is part of the larger Hudspeth County, which is represented by Republican politician and former Texas State Senator, Kel Seliger in the United States Senate. Although there are no local political candidates representing Van Horn at this time, the residents are engaged in local politics to ensure that their voices and concerns are heard. They actively participate in town hall meetings and other public forums to stay informed on current issues and make their opinions known. People living in 79855 Van Horn, TX care deeply about the future of their city and continue to work together to create a vibrant community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 79855 (Van Horn, TX) is leaning liberal.
Culberson County, TX is leaning liberal. In Culberson County, TX 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Culberson county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 48.0%.
Culberson county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79855 (Van Horn, TX) is leaning liberal.
Van Horn, Texas is leaning liberal.
Culberson County, Texas is leaning liberal.
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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.
Van Horn, Texas: D r D D D d
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 79855 (Van Horn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $3,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)