The city of Amarillo, TX is located in the northern part of the state and has a population of 199,826 as of 2019. It is the 14th most populous city in Texas. The local government is composed of a mayor and a city council which consists of nine members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Ginger Nelson who was elected in 2018. The local politics in Amarillo have been focused on issues such as public safety, economic growth, environmental conservation, social services, and infrastructure development. There are several political parties represented within 79118 including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party and several other minor parties. Recently Amarillo has seen an increase in voter registration and participation with more individuals taking an active role in their local politics. In addition to voting for their preferred candidates in elections, residents can also get involved by attending city council meetings or joining various civic groups that are actively engaged with the issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 79118 (Amarillo, TX) is strongly conservative.
Randall County, TX is very conservative. In Randall County, TX 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Randall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79118 (Amarillo, TX) is strongly conservative.
Amarillo, Texas is strongly conservative.
Randall 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 79118 (Amarillo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 293 contributions totaling $12,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $124,813 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)