Fairfield is a small city located in Freestone County, Texas. It is a peaceful community with a population of about 4,000 people. The city has a mayor-council form of government, and the current mayor is Bill Campbell. Their city council consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every two years for staggered terms. The council meets regularly to discuss issues such as land use, budgeting, taxation, and public safety. In addition, the City Council works closely with local businesses and residents to ensure that Fairfield remains a safe, vibrant place for its citizens to live and work. The City of Fairfield places an emphasis on open communication and dialogue between its citizens and officials in order to promote transparency and trust in governmental processes. All local political candidates are selected through open elections held during general election cycles each year.
The political climate in Fairfield, TX is moderately conservative.
Freestone County, TX is very conservative. In Freestone County, TX 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.8%.
Freestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairfield, TX is moderately conservative.
Freestone County, Texas 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.
Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,865 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $13,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)