The politics in 79108 Amarillo, TX are heavily influenced by the local government. The city is served by a Mayor/Council form of government, with the current mayor being Ginger Nelson. Along with the mayor, there are seven city council members who make up the City Council and are responsible for setting policy and making decisions concerning the city. These council members are elected to four-year terms at-large by residents within the 79108 Amarillo, TX area. Additionally, 79108 Amarillo has a variety of other elected officials such as county judges and commissioners that provide services to citizens within this area. Various non-partisan organizations such as civic clubs and charities also actively work to provide resources and services to the community of 79108 Amarillo, TX.
The political climate in Zip 79108 (Amarillo, TX) is very 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 79108 (Amarillo, TX) is very conservative.
Amarillo, Texas is very 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 79108 (Amarillo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $10,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)