Bedford, TX is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and is a small city of 9,800 people. The town's politics are handled by its City Council which consists of five elected members as well as an appointed Mayor, all representing the citizens of Bedford. In addition to local elections, the citizens of Bedford also participate in state and federal elections, ensuring their voices are heard in larger political conversations. Voting is an important part of civic engagement in Bedford and many residents make sure to participate in each election cycle. Through these elections local representation is chosen who go on to make decisions that affect the people living and working in the city.
The political climate in Zip 76022 (Bedford, 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 76022 (Bedford, TX) is leaning liberal.
Bedford, 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.
Bedford, 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 76022 (Bedford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,515 contributions totaling $81,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $34,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)