The city of Hurst, TX (zip code 76053) is a suburban area located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, and is part of Tarrant County. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government, with an elected six member city council and an elected mayor. The current mayor is Richard Ward, who was elected in 2015. There are numerous initiatives that Mayor Ward and the city council have undertaken to ensure Hurst remains a vibrant municipality for its 23,000 residents. Recently, the city council passed an ordinance requiring all businesses in Hurst to provide paid sick leave for their employees, making it one of the first cities in Texas to do so. In addition, leaders in Hurst recently completed construction on a new recreational center which provides spaces for sports like basketball and soccer as well as areas designated for running and biking. Mayor Ward and the City Council’s commitment to providing quality services and facilities has helped to make Hurst a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 76053 (Hurst, 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 76053 (Hurst, TX) is leaning liberal.
Hurst, 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.
Hurst, 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 76053 (Hurst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 498 contributions totaling $32,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $29,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)