The town of Sierra Blanca, TX is a small community located in Hudspeth County with a population of 1,650. This rural area has elected officials who serve the local residents by ensuring public safety and providing essential services to the community. The mayor of Sierra Blanca is Mayor David Morales who has been at the helm since 2012. In addition to the mayor, there are four City Council members: Leonel Ramos, Angela Dominguez, Benito Gomez and Ernesto Reyes. These council members are responsible for budgeting and governing municipal issues within the town’s borders. The city also participates in county-wide elections for county commissioners and other district representatives from Hudspeth County. With these elected positions, Sierra Blanca residents have access to representation that will look out for their best interests and work toward making positive changes in their community.
The political climate in Zip 79851 (Sierra Blanca, TX) is moderately conservative.
Hudspeth County, TX is very conservative. In Hudspeth County, TX 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hudspeth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.9% to 31.8%.
Hudspeth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79851 (Sierra Blanca, TX) is moderately conservative.
Sierra Blanca, Texas is moderately conservative.
Hudspeth County, Texas is very conservative.
El Paso Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Sierra Blanca, 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 79851 (Sierra Blanca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)