Scotland, TX is a small rural town in 76379 with a population of just under 500 people. The local government and politics of this area are managed by the Clay County Commissioners Court, which consists of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. Each commissioner is responsible for specific duties such as setting tax rates, maintaining roads and bridges, and providing various services to county residents. The current commissioners serving Scotland, TX and the surrounding areas are John W. Richards III, JB Cline, Dwayne Clements, Shelly Buckner and Mike Williams. All five commissioners strive to ensure that Scotland's community has access to high-quality public services while also keeping taxes low for residents living in the area. They understand that decisions they make will affect their constituents directly; therefore they carefully weigh their decisions before taking action on any policy issue.
The political climate in Zip 76379 (Scotland, TX) is very conservative.
Archer County, TX is very conservative. In Archer County, TX 9.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Archer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.7% to 9.3%.
Archer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76379 (Scotland, TX) is very conservative.
Scotland, Texas is very conservative.
Archer 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.
Scotland, 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 76379 (Scotland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $16,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,038 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)