Wilbarger County, Texas is home to a diverse population and has experienced significant growth in the past few years. The county is governed by an elected board of county commissioners, who are responsible for overseeing all areas of county governance. The county also has an elected Sheriff's Office and a Justice of the Peace court, which together help to ensure law and order in the area. Regular elections are held to select local political candidates for each office, ensuring that the area is well-represented at the local level. Residents of Wilbarger County have the opportunity to make their voices heard on important issues through active participation in local politics and by voting in local elections.
The political climate in Wilbarger County, TX is very conservative.
In Wilbarger County, TX 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilbarger county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 21.1%.
Wilbarger county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilbarger County, TX is very conservative.
Vernon 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.
Wilbarger, 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 Wilbarger County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $3,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $17,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)