Fort Stockton, Texas is a small town located in the western part of the state. It is home to a diverse population and has an active political climate. The city is led by a mayor and five council members who are all elected by the citizens of Fort Stockton. The local government strives to implement policies that benefit the citizens of the city while responding effectively to their needs and concerns. At the county level, Pecos County voters elect Commissioners Court members to represent them in county decisions. Texas state legislature representatives are also elected from Fort Stockton’s district. All these individuals work together to ensure that laws and regulations are being followed in order to provide safety, security, and economic prosperity for all Fort Stockton residents.
The political climate in Fort Stockton, TX is somewhat conservative.
Pecos County, TX is very conservative. In Pecos County, TX 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pecos county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Pecos county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Stockton, TX is somewhat conservative.
Pecos 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.
Fort Stockton, 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 Fort Stockton, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $13,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $63,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)