Sansom Park, TX is a small town of just under 3,000 people located in Tarrant County. The town is largely residential and has become increasingly popular with people looking for affordable housing near the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Politically, Sansom Park is a blue city in a largely red state. The mayor of Sansom Park is C.J. \"Bo\" McCoy, who was elected to serve his first term in May 2018 on a platform centered around improving public safety and transparency within government operations. He also supports providing increased support for local businesses through tax incentives and other economic development initiatives. In addition to Mayor McCoy, Sansom Park's City Council consists of six members from the community who are elected to two-year terms. The current members are dedicated to tackling such issues as infrastructure improvements, helping low-income residents access health care services and quality education opportunities, and protecting the environment by supporting sustainable practices.
The political climate in Sansom Park, 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
Sansom Park, 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.
Sansom Park, 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 Sansom Park, 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)