Politics in 79084 Stratford, TX are heavily influenced by the surrounding state and national politics. The majority of voters in this area tend to align with conservative beliefs, which is reflective of the wider political atmosphere of Texas as a whole. The local elections that take place are primarily concerned with issues such as taxation, infrastructure, and public services. Candidates for mayor and city council are largely elected on their ability to best represent the needs and concerns of the local community. As a result, residents of Stratford can expect politicians to be engaged with their communities and progressive in their approach to policy-making.
The political climate in Zip 79084 (Stratford, TX) is very conservative.
Sherman County, TX is very conservative. In Sherman County, TX 9.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.3% to 9.2%.
Sherman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 79084 (Stratford, TX) is very conservative.
Stratford, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman 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.
Stratford, 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 79084 (Stratford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $29,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $532 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)