Kress, TX 79052 is a small rural town located in the Texas Panhandle. While the town itself is relatively small, it does have a local political landscape that impacts life in Kress and the surrounding area. Residents of Kress can vote for state and local representatives in their district, as well as for Presidential candidates on the ballot every four years. In addition to this, citizens of Kress can also take part in other forms of engagement with their local government like attending city council meetings and voting on various initiatives. Local leaders are often responsible for making decisions about issues important to Kress residents such as taxation, education, public safety, and infrastructure. All citizens of Kress should use their right to take part in the political process through voting or otherwise engaging with their elected officials to ensure that their voices are heard and addressed by those in power.
The political climate in Zip 79052 (Kress, TX) is strongly conservative.
Swisher County, TX is very conservative. In Swisher County, TX 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Swisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79052 (Kress, TX) is strongly conservative.
Kress, Texas is strongly conservative.
Swisher 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.
Kress, 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 79052 (Kress)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,230 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $12,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)