79045 Hereford, TX is a small rural community located in the northern tip of the Texas Panhandle. Although Hereford may be small, it has a vibrant political atmosphere with an active city council, several mayoral candidates, and many volunteer-run organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life for citizens. The most recent mayoral election saw four candidates vying for the position, all of which had different ideas about how they could best serve their constituents. Each candidate presented their vision on topics such as economic growth, public safety, education reform and infrastructure improvements. The residents of 79045 Hereford, TX have enjoyed a lively political discourse in recent years and are proud to have elected leaders committed to progress in their local community.
The political climate in Zip 79045 (Hereford, TX) is strongly conservative.
Deaf Smith County, TX is very conservative. In Deaf Smith County, TX 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Deaf Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 27.4%.
Deaf Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79045 (Hereford, TX) is strongly conservative.
Hereford, Texas is strongly conservative.
Deaf Smith County, Texas is very conservative.
Hereford 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.
Hereford, 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 79045 (Hereford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $6,851 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $79,267 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)