Fritch, TX is a small town in the Texas panhandle with a population of just over 2,000. It is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with the mayor being elected on an at-large basis and the four council members representing separate wards. The current mayor is Danny Davis, who was elected in 2015. Fritch's city council meets twice a month and is responsible for approving various city ordinances, budgets, and initiatives such as roadway improvements and public safety policies. Local politics in Fritch are generally non-partisan and do not involve any candidates running for office on specific platforms or political affiliations. Issues that come before the council range from utility services to economic development, with decisions often made through consensus between council members and the mayor.
The political climate in Fritch, TX is strongly conservative.
Hutchinson County, TX is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, TX 11.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.6% to 11.0%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fritch, TX is strongly conservative.
Hutchinson County, Texas is very conservative.
Borger 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.
Fritch, 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 Fritch, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $17,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)