The city of Wichita Falls, Texas is a vibrant community rich in culture and history. Located in 76308 zip code, the city has a population of approximately 104,553 people. The political landscape of 76308 Wichita Falls is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with eight members on the City Council. Each council member is elected by the citizens of their district and serves a term of four years. The mayor is elected at-large every two years. Currently, Stephen Santellana serves as mayor and he is supported by current council members Tom Quintero, John Willford, Tim Ingle, Jesse Brown, Khristopher Meeks, Michael Smith and Paul Ingle. All members work together to make decisions that will best serve the citizens of Wichita Falls. Regular town hall meetings are held throughout the year to discuss important issues affecting the city and provide citizens with an opportunity to have their voice heard in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 76308 (Wichita Falls, TX) is strongly 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 76308 (Wichita Falls, TX) is strongly conservative.
Wichita Falls, Texas is strongly 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 76308 (Wichita Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 749 contributions totaling $61,359 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 924 contributions totaling $344,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)