Stratford, TX is a small community located in east Texas. It is home to a diverse political landscape, with citizens of all backgrounds and affiliations. The local government consists of a mayor and city council that are responsible for making decisions regarding the town’s infrastructure and governing regulations. The Mayor and City Council are elected by the residents of Stratford every two years during municipal elections. These candidates come from various political parties, all with different opinions and perspectives on how to best serve the community. While there may be disagreements from time to time, the local politicians all work together to ensure that Stratford remains a safe and thriving place for its citizens.
The political climate in Stratford, TX is very conservative.
Sherman County, TX is very conservative. In Sherman County, TX 9.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.3% to 9.2%.
Sherman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stratford, TX is very conservative.
Sherman 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.
Stratford, 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 Stratford, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $29,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $532 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)