The politics of the Stephenville Metro Area are heavily influenced by the demographics of the area. This rural part of Texas has a population of around 18,500 as of 2019 and is largely composed of white residents. The political environment in the area is largely conservative with Republicans dominating local elections. Republican candidates have won the majority of races for city council seats, district attorney and other local offices in recent years. The area is also strongly pro-business, with businesses and economic development being a major focus for local politicians. Local officials have worked to bring new businesses to the area while preserving its rural character and culture. Additionally, there is strong support for public education in the area with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses. Overall, Stephenville's political landscape reflects that of rural Texas with conservatives dominating politics in this part of the Lone Star State.
The political climate in Stephenville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Stephenville Metro Area 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Stephenville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.3%.
The Stephenville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stephenville Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Stephenville, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Stephenville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 901 contributions totaling $36,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 494 contributions totaling $115,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)