The city of Wichita Falls, TX has an estimated population of over 100,000 people. The political scene in the city is comprised primarily of a partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats. Local politics is centered around the mayor and city council, which sets policy for the city. In 2019, Stephen Santellana was elected Mayor of Wichita Falls, becoming the first Hispanic to hold that position in the city’s history. The city council is made up of seven members, one from each district in the city. Currently there are three Republican council members and four Democratic ones. Political discourse within Wichita Falls focuses heavily on issues such as economic development, education reform, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and many more. Despite partisan divides among citizens at times, local politicians strive to work together in order to better serve their constituents and improve the quality of life across the entire 12-zip code area.
The political climate in Zip 76301 (Wichita Falls, TX) is moderately conservative.
Wichita County, TX is very conservative. In Wichita County, TX 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wichita county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Wichita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76301 (Wichita Falls, TX) is moderately conservative.
Wichita Falls, Texas is moderately conservative.
Wichita County, Texas is very conservative.
Wichita Falls 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.
Wichita Falls, 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 76301 (Wichita Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 271 contributions totaling $8,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $59,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)