Harrold, TX is a small rural town located in Wilbarger County with a population of 763. It is primarily a farming community and the local politics are focused on preserving the agricultural industry. In Harrold, there are two major political parties: Democrats and Republicans, and both have representatives in local government. The mayor of Harrold is Brad Newsom, who was elected from the Democratic party in 2020. Other members of the local government include a city council made up of five members, all from different political backgrounds. Each year during municipal elections, residents come out to cast their votes for candidates who best exemplify their ideals. With its strong agricultural roots, Harrold relies heavily on its leaders to ensure that policies are in place to protect the interests of farmers and ranchers throughout Wilbarger County.
The political climate in Zip 76364 (Harrold, TX) is very conservative.
Wilbarger County, TX is very conservative. In Wilbarger County, TX 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilbarger county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 21.1%.
Wilbarger county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76364 (Harrold, TX) is very conservative.
Harrold, Texas is very conservative.
Wilbarger County, Texas is very conservative.
Vernon 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.
Harrold, 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 76364 (Harrold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)