Channing, TX is located in the Texas Panhandle and is a small town with a population of approximately 800 people. The town is governed by a mayor and five city council members who are all elected to their positions. Local elections take place every two years, with residents electing both the mayor and council members during this time. All candidates must meet certain criteria to be eligible for office, such as being a minimum of 18 years old, living within the town limits, and having lived in the area for at least one year before running for office. Governmental operations in Channing are overseen by the City Manager, who is appointed by the Mayor with consent of the City Council. In addition to local politics, residents are also active on state and county levels as well as national political topics that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 79018 (Channing, TX) is very conservative.
Hartley County, TX is very conservative. In Hartley County, TX 9.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hartley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.9% to 9.4%.
Hartley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79018 (Channing, TX) is very conservative.
Channing, Texas is very conservative.
Hartley County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Channing, 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 79018 (Channing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)