Stephenville, TX is a vibrant and growing city in Erath County. It is home to Tarleton State University and many businesses that provide jobs and economic benefits to the local community. In terms of politics, Stephenville is part of Texas's 25th Congressional District, which is represented by Congressman Roger Williams. At the state level, Stephenville is part of Texas House of Representatives District 60 and Texas Senate District 22. Local political candidates campaigning for these positions often hold events in Stephenville, giving residents an opportunity to meet with them and learn more about their plans for representing the community. The city also has its own mayor and council members, who are elected by the citizens every two years to serve as stewards of their interests.
The political climate in Stephenville, TX is moderately conservative.
Erath County, TX is very conservative. In Erath County, TX 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erath county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.3%.
Erath county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stephenville, TX is moderately conservative.
Erath County, Texas is very conservative.
Stephenville Metro Area 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.
Stephenville, 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 Stephenville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 846 contributions totaling $33,309 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 332 contributions totaling $63,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)