The politics in 76402 Stephenville, TX are centered around the local elections that take place every four years. The city council, which is made up of five members, sets policies and makes decisions that affect the citizens living in 76402 Stephenville. Candidates for the city council are elected by local residents and must be registered voters within Stephenville. During election time, citizens have access to comprehensive platforms from each candidate that outlines their stance on important issues facing the city such as economic development and public safety. Additionally, there are debates held throughout the campaign period to allow citizens to gain a better understanding of each candidate's views and plans for their city. Ultimately, it is up to local residents to decide who will represent them on the city council.
The political climate in Zip 76402 (Stephenville, TX) is moderately 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 76402 (Stephenville, TX) is moderately conservative.
Stephenville, Texas is moderately 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 76402 (Stephenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)