Dallas, TX is a bustling metropolitan area with a population of over 1.3 million people. The politics in Dallas are largely dominated by the Democratic Party, although there are smaller camps from other parties that have some influence in the city. The mayor of Dallas is Eric Johnson, who was first elected in June 2019 and has been re-elected for another term. There are also many members of city council who are responsible for managing the day to day operations of the city. The city is divided into 14 districts and each district elects one representative to be part of City Council, who work together to make decisions affecting all residents of Dallas. Local political candidates running for office typically focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, education, and transportation infrastructure.
The political climate in Zip 75232 (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 75232 (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 75232 (Dallas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 418 contributions totaling $24,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $9,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)