Archer County in Texas is a rural area with a population of 8,845 people according to the 2010 census. It is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area and is located between Wichita Falls and Amarillo on the northern edge of Texas. The county seat is Archer City, which has a population of 1,834 as of the same census. The politics in Archer County have been mostly conservative for years, but in recent elections there have been some changes. In 2016, most of the residents voted Republican for President and other local offices. However, in 2018 progressive candidates made significant gains in the county and won several local offices. This shift reflects an overall trend towards progressive policies among many rural voters in Texas that has been gaining traction over the past few years.
The political climate in Archer County, TX is very conservative.
In Archer County, TX 9.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Archer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.7% to 9.3%.
Archer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Archer 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.
Archer, 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 Archer County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $19,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $46,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)