Fort Worth, TX is a vibrant city in the state of Texas. With a population of over 874,000 people, it is the fifth-largest city in Texas and the 17th largest in the United States. The city is governed by a council-manager form of government that consists of an elected council and appointed professional staff led by a City Manager. The City Council consists of nine members who are all elected from single member districts. Politically, Fort Worth leans to the left with recent presidential election results showing strong support for Democratic candidates. On the local level, Fort Worth has seen Democratic candidates make progress in recent years with several council members being elected as Democrats. In addition, Fort Worth has a large number of registered voters who take part in nearly every local and national election cycle and are actively engaged in choosing their representatives on all levels. With so many voices making their mark on politics in Fort Worth, it’s no surprise that this city continues to be an important leader when it comes to issues around politics and civic engagement
The political climate in Zip 76135 (Fort Worth, TX) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 76135 (Fort Worth, TX) is leaning conservative.
Fort Worth, Texas is leaning conservative.
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.
Fort Worth, 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 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 76135 (Fort Worth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 476 contributions totaling $29,474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $154,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $683 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)