The city of Forney, TX (75126) is part of Kaufman County and is governed by a mayor-council system. Its current mayor is Rick Wilson, who was elected in 2016 and serves the term until 2021. The City Council consists of seven members representing seven single member districts. Each council member serves two-year terms, with elections held in May of even-numbered years. Issues such as local economic development and improvement of public safety are at the core of the city’s political agenda. Additionally, the city collaborates with regional organizations to coordinate transportation planning in the area and develop educational opportunities for its citizens. As a whole, Forney strives to act as a model community that offers quality municipal services while remaining economically sound.
The political climate in Zip 75126 (Forney, TX) is strongly conservative.
Kaufman County, TX is very conservative. In Kaufman County, TX 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kaufman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.5%.
Kaufman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75126 (Forney, TX) is strongly conservative.
Forney, Texas is strongly conservative.
Kaufman County, Texas is very conservative.
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.
Forney, 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 75126 (Forney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 608 contributions totaling $27,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 614 contributions totaling $65,404 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)