Weatherford, TX is an historic and vibrant town located in Parker County. It is home to a variety of small businesses, churches, schools, parks and recreational activities. Politically, the City of Weatherford operates under a council-manager form of government with five city council members each elected for three year terms. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Weatherford at large. The city council sets the vision and goals for the community and adopts ordinances to carry out its policies. The city manager oversees day-to-day operations while implementing policy adopted by the city council. Currently, there are several initiatives underway to improve economic development opportunities within the community while preserving its historical character. Overall, residents of Weatherford are proud to call it home and enjoy participating in local politics to ensure that their hometown reflects their values and opinions.
The political climate in Weatherford, TX is moderately conservative.
Parker County, TX is very conservative. In Parker County, TX 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Parker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.1%.
Parker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weatherford, TX is moderately conservative.
Parker County, Texas is very conservative.
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.
Weatherford, 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 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 Weatherford, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,433 contributions totaling $407,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,040 contributions totaling $1,959,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)