Wink, TX is a small town located in the western area of the state with a population of approximately 7,000. It is a politically engaged community that seeks to ensure their representatives are looking out for the best interests of their citizens. The local political scene in 79789 Wink, TX often involves heated debates and deep conversations amongst its people about different issues facing the state and nation as a whole. During local elections, residents put forth candidates that they believe will best represent them and their views on various issues. While many of these election debates are civil, they can become quite passionate when it comes to protecting what matters most to them. Through this process, Wink strives to maintain an atmosphere of democracy and civic engagement for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 79789 (Wink, TX) is strongly conservative.
Winkler County, TX is very conservative. In Winkler County, TX 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winkler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.8%.
Winkler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79789 (Wink, TX) is strongly conservative.
Wink, Texas is strongly conservative.
Winkler 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.
Wink, 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 79789 (Wink)
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 21 contributions totaling $1,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)