Wichita Falls, TX is a small city with a population of around 104,000. It is part of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and has been represented by Republican Michael C. Burgess in Congress since 2003. At the state level, Wichita Falls is represented by Drew Darby (R) in House District 72 and Craig Estes (R) in Senate District 30. Local elections are mainly administered by the City of Wichita Falls, with an elected mayor and six city council members representing different districts throughout the city. The mayor and council members are determined through nonpartisan election, meaning that candidates do not run on party platforms but rather their own individual ideologies to reach the office. The current mayor of Wichita Falls is Stephen Santellana, who was elected in 2019 for his third term as mayor.
The political climate in Zip 76309 (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 76309 (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 76309 (Wichita Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $7,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $49,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)