In 79068 Panhandle, TX, politics are an important part of the local community. The city is governed by a mayor and six members of the city council. They work together to make decisions that will benefit the community and ensure their needs are met. Elections are held every two years for mayor and council positions. Residents have the opportunity to learn about the local candidates who are running for office and participate in their elections. Additionally, citizens participate in a variety of other political activities such as volunteering on campaigns and attending public forums and debates leading up to election day. With an engaged citizenry, 79068 Panhandle ensures that its residents feel heard and their interests represented in political decision making.
The political climate in Zip 79068 (Panhandle, TX) is very conservative.
Carson County, TX is very conservative. In Carson County, TX 9.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.0% to 9.5%.
Carson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79068 (Panhandle, TX) is very conservative.
Panhandle, Texas is very conservative.
Carson County, Texas is very conservative.
Amarillo 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.
Panhandle, 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 79068 (Panhandle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $12,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)