The politics in 79756 Monahans, TX is largely influenced by the local government of Ward County. As a small town in West Texas, residents are passionate about issues that affect their everyday lives, such as education, healthcare, and economic development. Monahans has a mayor-council form of government with Mayor David Cutbirth and several city council members who serve the citizens of Monahans. These officials often collaborate with other local leaders to ensure resources are allocated responsibly and efficiently to best serve the community. Additionally, various non-profit organizations partner with the city to assist in improving the quality of life for residents. The people of Monahans are proud of their hometown and remain actively engaged in finding solutions to challenges they face.
The political climate in Zip 79756 (Monahans, TX) is strongly conservative.
Ward County, TX is very conservative. In Ward County, TX 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 18.8%.
Ward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79756 (Monahans, TX) is strongly conservative.
Monahans, Texas is strongly conservative.
Ward 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.
Monahans, 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 79756 (Monahans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $61,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)