Childress, TX is a small, rural town with a population of just over 6,000 people. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and five-member City Council. The current mayor is Michael Compton and the council members are Louise Everett, Robert Jackson, Jacob Rivera, Patica Sims, and Mark Smith. Each member serves a two-year term. The city works to ensure that its citizens have access to essential services while still protecting the quality of life for all residents. The city promotes economic development through a variety of initiatives such as tax incentive programs and business assistance for local businesses. Additionally, Childress provides recreational opportunities through parks and trails as well as cultural offerings such as art galleries and live music venues. Political decisions in Childress are made in a spirit of collaboration between the government and its constituents in order to benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Childress, TX is moderately conservative.
Childress County, TX is very conservative. In Childress County, TX 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Childress county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 13.6%.
Childress county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Childress, TX is moderately conservative.
Childress County, Texas 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.
Childress, 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 Childress, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $15,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)