Azle, TX is a small town located within Tarrant and Parker counties in Texas. It is home to more than 15,000 people and serves as the county seat for Parker County. The political landscape of Azle is largely dominated by the Republican Party with a few members from the Democratic Party residing in the area. Local politics in Azle are focused on matters like public safety, infrastructure projects, economic development, education funding, and local budgeting. In recent years, candidates from both parties have competed for city council seats in Azle with the Republicans generally garnering a majority of votes. The mayor of Azle has consistently been a Republican over the last decade and they have worked to create a vibrant community through various initiatives such as investing in downtown revitalization projects and creating an active cultural arts scene.
The political climate in Azle, TX is leaning conservative.
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
Azle, TX is leaning conservative.
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.
Azle, 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 Azle, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,058 contributions totaling $62,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 656 contributions totaling $106,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)