Politics in 79119 Amarillo, Texas is largely influenced by the statewide stances of its current political candidates. Amarillo is part of U.S. congressional district 13, which is represented by Republican Mac Thornberry. At the state level, its Senate districts are represented by Republican Kel Seliger and Republican Charles Perry. On the local level, Amarillo has a Mayor County Commissioner form of government with four elected county commissioners from single-member district elections every two years. The current mayor of Amarillo is Ginger Nelson who was elected in 2019. There are also several municipal councils for different parts of the city. In general, political views in 79119 Amarillo lean toward conservatism on most issues, such as taxes and regulations, although there is some diversity in opinion among citizens across the city.
The political climate in Zip 79119 (Amarillo, TX) is strongly conservative.
Randall County, TX is very conservative. In Randall County, TX 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Randall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79119 (Amarillo, TX) is strongly conservative.
Amarillo, Texas is strongly conservative.
Randall 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.
Amarillo, 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 79119 (Amarillo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $39,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 413 contributions totaling $171,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $416 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)