The politics of 75203 Dallas, Texas are largely reflective of the greater state of Texas as a whole. There is a Republican dominated legislature in Dallas and Republicans hold most of the city’s local elected offices. The city also has an engaged citizenry, with many active interest groups that lobby for their causes. Local elections typically focus on issues such as education, public safety, and infrastructure investment. Voter turnout is usually high as citizens take part in deciding who will represent them in government. The population of 75203 Dallas is relatively diverse, with many immigrants and working-class families, so there are plenty of opinions to consider when it comes to political decisions.
The political climate in Zip 75203 (Dallas, 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 75203 (Dallas, TX) is strongly liberal.
Dallas, 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.
Dallas, 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 75203 (Dallas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 431 contributions totaling $41,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)