Wichita, TX County is located in North Texas and is part of the greater Wichita Falls metropolitan area. The county has a population of approximately 331,000 people, making it the fourth most populous county in Texas. The county is governed by a Commissioners Court, consisting of four members and a county judge who presides over all proceedings. This court is responsible for setting the county budget, enacting laws and ordinances, levying taxes, and appointing officials to positions such as Sheriff and District Attorney. The political landscape in Wichita County leans heavily toward the Republican party with conservative views dominating most public discourse. Local elections often involve a lot of involvement from the Republican party and the races are usually very competitive. There are also several community organizations that work to ensure that local politics remain transparent and accountable to citizens.
The political climate in Wichita County, TX is very conservative.
In Wichita County, TX 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wichita county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Wichita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wichita County, TX is very conservative.
Wichita Falls 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.
Wichita, 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 Wichita County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,023 contributions totaling $129,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,371 contributions totaling $753,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)