The small town of 79377 Welch, TX has a long history of being involved in local politics. The people of Welch are quite passionate about their local government, and they take great pride in having an active role in the decision-making process. Residents often turn out to cast their votes for the mayor and city council members during elections. There is also an active citizens group that meets regularly to discuss issues related to the community and takes part in campaigns for various political causes. Welch is represented in the Texas State House by Representative Greg Bonnen, who has been a reliable ally to the citizens of Welch over the years. Regardless of personal opinions on specific issues, Welch residents share a strong sense of civic duty and take their roles as voters very seriously.
The political climate in Zip 79377 (Welch, TX) is very conservative.
Dawson County, TX is very conservative. In Dawson County, TX 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dawson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 21.3%.
Dawson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79377 (Welch, TX) is very conservative.
Welch, Texas is very conservative.
Dawson County, Texas is very conservative.
Lamesa 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.
Welch, 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 79377 (Welch)
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)