Fort Worth, TX is a vibrant city located in the heart of North Texas. With a population of nearly 1 million people, it is one of the most populous cities in the United States. It has a colorful political history with numerous well-known political figures having come from the area. The current mayor of Fort Worth is Betsy Price who serves as the executive leader for the city. She has been in office since 2011 and focuses on initiatives to improve local public safety and infrastructure while promoting economic development for small businesses. Other notable politicians from Fort Worth include former Texas Governor Rick Perry, U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger and United States Senator John Cornyn. With such an influential presence in politics, it’s no wonder that Fort Worth remains an important political hub within Texas and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 76134 (Fort Worth, TX) is leaning liberal.
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 76134 (Fort Worth, TX) is leaning liberal.
Fort Worth, Texas is leaning liberal.
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 76134 (Fort Worth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 270 contributions totaling $16,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $10,823 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)