79096 Wheeler, TX is a small and rural town located in the northern part of Texas. Despite its relative size and remoteness, politics still plays an important role in the lives of the people living in the area. Local politics are centered around ensuring that the needs of the people living in Wheeler are met, from providing essential services like education to facilitating economic development initiatives. At both state and local level, there are various politicians who work to provide representation for the citizens of 79096 Wheeler, TX. These politicians work tirelessly to ensure that their constituents have access to resources they need and that their voices can be heard on important issues that affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 79096 (Wheeler, TX) is strongly conservative.
Wheeler County, TX is very conservative. In Wheeler County, TX 7.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 92.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wheeler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 92.4% to 7.2%.
Wheeler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79096 (Wheeler, TX) is strongly conservative.
Wheeler, Texas is strongly conservative.
Wheeler 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.
Wheeler, 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 79096 (Wheeler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $4,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)