Bedford, Texas is a small city located in northeast Tarrant County. It is known for its peaceful atmosphere, which is largely attributed to its sensible local politics. The current mayor of Bedford is Jim Griffin, who has been in office since 2010 and works hard to ensure the town remains a positive place to live. He has implemented several initiatives over the years that have improved public services and quality of life for citizens. The City Council has also worked together with the mayor to foster a friendly environment between residents and businesses alike. Bedford prides itself on having an open-door policy for all residents that allows them to come forward with any issues or concerns they may have about local politics and get help from their elected representatives.
The political climate in Bedford, TX is leaning liberal.
Tarrant County, TX is leaning liberal. In Tarrant County, TX 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tarrant county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.3% to 49.1%.
Tarrant county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bedford, TX is leaning liberal.
Tarrant County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Bedford, Texas: R R R R r d
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bedford, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,020 contributions totaling $374,037 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,559 contributions totaling $391,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)