77995 Yoakum, TX is a small rural town located in Lavaca County, Texas. It is rich in history and culture, with the spirit of its people deeply rooted in the area’s history. Despite its small size and population, 77995 Yoakum still has strong political representation at the local level. Local government officials include Mayor Albert Mayfield, who serves as the leader of the City Council composed of council members from all areas of the city. The council meets regularly to discuss issues facing Yoakum and work together to create positive solutions for citizens. Additionally, Yoakum voters can choose from several political parties when they go to cast their votes in local elections. All citizens have an opportunity to make their voices heard and participate in local politics by attending public meetings or casting their vote on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 77995 (Yoakum, TX) is strongly conservative.
Lavaca County, TX is very conservative. In Lavaca County, TX 13.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lavaca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 13.1%.
Lavaca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77995 (Yoakum, TX) is strongly conservative.
Yoakum, Texas is strongly conservative.
Lavaca 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.
Yoakum, 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 77995 (Yoakum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $39,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)