Stephenville, TX 76401 is a small city located in Erath County, Texas. It is known for its rich agricultural history and strong sense of community among its residents. Politically, the city leans slightly towards the Republican Party with most elections being won by Republican candidates. In recent years, there have been a number of competitive races for mayor, county commissioner and state representative. The current mayor of Stephenville is Doug Svien who was elected in 2019 and has served two terms as a Republican. The current state representative for this area is John Wray who has held that office since 2013 and is also a member of the Republican Party. There are several local political organizations including the Erath County Republicans and the Erath County Democrats. The city also plays host to regular town hall meetings which provide citizens an opportunity to engage their local government and express their concerns or views on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 76401 (Stephenville, TX) is strongly conservative.
Erath County, TX is very conservative. In Erath County, TX 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, Erath county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.3%.
Erath county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 76401 (Stephenville, TX) is strongly conservative.
Stephenville, Texas is strongly conservative.
Erath County, Texas is very conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 76401 (Stephenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 845 contributions totaling $33,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 332 contributions totaling $63,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)