Wellington, TX is a small city located in Collingsworth County in the Texas panhandle. It has a rich history and culture that has continued to shape the city’s political landscape. At the local level, Wellington citizens elect three City Council members who are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the city. The mayor is also elected by residents and serves as the presiding officer at council meetings. The City Council sets policy and works with staff to carry out goals and objectives set by the residents of Wellington. Other elected offices include Constable, Justice of the Peace, Tax Assessor-Collector, District Clerk, County Commissioner’s Court, County Judge and Sheriff all of which work together to ensure that Wellington remains a safe and vibrant community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Wellington, TX is moderately conservative.
Collingsworth County, TX is very conservative. In Collingsworth County, TX 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Collingsworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 12.7%.
Collingsworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellington, TX is moderately conservative.
Collingsworth 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.
Wellington, 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 Wellington, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $6,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)