The city of Balch Springs, Texas, located in Dallas county, is an area of vibrant politics. This growing suburb is home to many political activists and organizations. Residents are passionate about issues that affect their community and are actively engaged in local politics through voting, advocating for change, and attending meetings. From local elections to state and federal races, people from Balch Springs take their civic responsibility seriously. There are numerous candidates running for office in the area every election cycle, with a wide range of views on how to best serve the community. Whether it’s enacting policies that protect public safety or addressing economic disparities, all residents have an opportunity to get involved in shaping the future of Balch Springs.
The political climate in Zip 75180 (Balch Springs, TX) is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75180 (Balch Springs, TX) is strongly liberal.
Balch Springs, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly 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.
Balch Springs, Texas: r r D D D 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 75180 (Balch Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)