The politics in River Oaks, TX involve a variety of issues important to its citizens. The City Council is made up of five members who are elected by the citizens and hold office for two-year terms. These representatives are responsible for all legislative and administrative powers of the city government. They are also responsible for providing services to the city such as maintaining roads, providing fire protection, and governing zoning laws. In addition, they review and approve the annual budget, decide how tax money will be spent, and hire department directors to oversee city operations. The City Council holds regular meetings where proposals, amendments and resolutions are discussed and voted upon. Citizens also have opportunities to voice their opinions on various topics through public forums that the City Council hosts throughout the year.
The political climate in River Oaks, 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
River Oaks, 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.
River Oaks, 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 River Oaks, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 322 contributions totaling $54,546 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $142,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)