West Odessa, TX is a small town located in Ector County in West Texas. It has a population of around 9,000 people and is the home of several local businesses. Politically, the town is mainly conservative, with all county-level offices held by Republican candidates. At the local level, residents have elected officials from both sides of the aisle to serve on the city council and school board. The mayor of West Odessa is a Republican and has held office since 2005. As a result, most voters in West Odessa tend to lean towards the Republican party when voting for higher offices such as governor and US senator. The citizens are passionate about their beliefs and actively participate in political discussions at the local level to ensure that their voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 79764 (West Odessa, TX) is strongly conservative.
Ector County, TX is very conservative. In Ector County, TX 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ector county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.5%.
Ector county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79764 (West Odessa, TX) is strongly conservative.
West Odessa, Texas is strongly conservative.
Ector County, Texas is very conservative.
Odessa 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.
West Odessa, 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 79764 (West Odessa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $5,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $24,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)