The city of Irving, TX, located in Dallas County, is a diverse and vibrant community with a population of over 240,000. The politics in Irving are shaped by local elections held each May. These elections determine the makeup of the City Council, which then makes decisions on issues such as taxation, zoning regulations, public safety initiatives and economic development. Residents are encouraged to get involved in the political process throughout Irving and make their voices heard at the ballot box. In addition to participating in elections, many citizens have become active members of local political organizations and grassroots campaigns that strive to represent all communities within the city. This election season will be an important one for Irving as it seeks to create policies that protect its citizens’ rights while also promoting growth and progress.
The political climate in Zip 75061 (Irving, 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 75061 (Irving, TX) is strongly liberal.
Irving, 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.
Irving, 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 75061 (Irving)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $27,602 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $39,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)