Tarrant County is located in the state of Texas and is comprised of many cities, towns, and communities. It resides within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and is home to over two million people. The county is governed by a five member Commissioner's Court which administers elections and sets policy for the whole county. In the 2020 general election, Tarrant County saw a record amount of turnout with more than 850,000 voters participating. The Commissioners Court appoints focused on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, healthcare, education funding, economic growth, and transportation. Local political candidates are running in numerous races to represent various districts in the area. With its large population size and diverse demographics, Tarrant County remains an important political epicenter in Texas.
The political climate in 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
Tarrant County, TX 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.
Tarrant, 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 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 Tarrant County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71,549 contributions totaling $9,006,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33,017 contributions totaling $17,974,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)