The politics in the city of Fayetteville, TX (zip code 78940) are heavily influenced by the local government. The City Council is composed of a mayor and four council members, who are elected by local citizens. Decisions made by the City Council have a direct impact on the day-to-day lives of Fayetteville residents. The local political landscape is marked by ordinary citizens coming together to discuss important issues such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Local elections draw attention to timely matters that affect the community and are seen as an opportunity for residents to take action. Recently, the City Council met to consider regulations on housing density in Fayetteville and their decision was met with significant backlash from concerned citizens. This demonstrates how engaged citizens can be when it comes to advocating for their needs at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 78940 (Fayetteville, TX) is very conservative.
Fayette County, TX is very conservative. In Fayette County, TX 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78940 (Fayetteville, TX) is very conservative.
Fayetteville, Texas is very conservative.
Fayette County, Texas is very conservative.
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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.
Fayetteville, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 78940 (Fayetteville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $5,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $13,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)