Amarillo, TX is a city located in the Texas Panhandle region and is home to a population of over 199,000 people. It serves as the county seat for Potter County and has a strong political presence within the state. With a number of local offices from mayor to state representatives, there are many opportunities for engagement in politics in 79103 Amarillo. Locally, residents can get involved by attending public meetings or voting in municipal elections. On the state level, representatives from Amarillo work with other members of the legislature to pass laws that benefit their constituents. Additionally, locals often have opportunities to attend rallies or protests related to current political issues. Through participation at all levels of government, Amarillo residents can make their voices heard and be involved in making decisions that impact their community.
The political climate in Zip 79103 (Amarillo, TX) is strongly conservative.
Potter County, TX is very conservative. In Potter County, TX 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Potter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.8%.
Potter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79103 (Amarillo, TX) is strongly conservative.
Amarillo, Texas is strongly conservative.
Potter County, Texas is very conservative.
Amarillo 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.
Amarillo, 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 zip 79103 (Amarillo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $2,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)