79124 Amarillo, TX is a vibrant and diverse community. Politically, the district leans Democratic, though it remains competitive in local elections with Republicans making up a significant portion of the voting population. Notable members of the political landscape of 79124 Amarillo, TX include Representative Four Price, who is currently serving his fifth term representing much of Potter and Randall Counties in the Texas House of Representatives. Additionally, State Senator Kel Seliger is a major figure in the area’s politics as he has served as senator since 2004 and currently represents District 31 which includes many small towns in the northern half of Texas including 79124 Amarillo, TX. As election season approaches every year, both major parties work hard to earn the support of voters in this district and to ensure their issues are heard at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 79124 (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 79124 (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 79124 (Amarillo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $11,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 525 contributions totaling $146,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)