Fort Worth, TX is a city in the state of Texas that has a long history of politics and political involvement. The city has been home to many local political candidates ranging from mayoral candidates to members of the state house. Political participation has been strong in the area with voter turnout consistently being among the highest in the state during recent elections. A number of issues important to Fort Worth residents have been addressed by local government such as education, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and health care. In addition, there are numerous grassroots organizations and initiatives in place to promote civic engagement throughout the city. As a result, Fort Worth has seen an increase in political participation and activism over recent years and is expected to remain an active political center for many years to come.
The political climate in Fort Worth, 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
Fort Worth, 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.
Fort Worth, 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 Fort Worth, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58,536 contributions totaling $8,081,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32,412 contributions totaling $20,142,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)