The small town of Claude, TX, located in the Texas Panhandle, is home to a proud and tight-knit community. While the town may be small in size, its residents have a strong commitment to their local politics. Residents of Claude are highly engaged with their local government and take an active role in the decision-making process, from voting on important issues to participating in town hall meetings and other forms of civic engagement. They also regularly hold fundraisers and rallies to support their favorite political candidates and causes. As such, Claude is a warm and welcoming place for political discourse and activity.
The political climate in Claude, TX is strongly conservative.
Armstrong County, TX is very conservative. In Armstrong County, TX 6.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 93.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Armstrong county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 93.1% to 6.7%.
Armstrong county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Claude, TX is strongly conservative.
Armstrong 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.
Claude, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Claude, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)