The city of Mesquite, TX (75150) is located in northeastern Texas and is one of the larger cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. It has a population of 145,028 people according to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Mesquite is an economically diverse city and home to several industrial plants and factories. Politically, the city leans Democratic with approximately 51% registered Democrats compared to 43% registered Republicans. The City Council consists of a Mayor elected at large by all voters and 6 Councilmembers, two from each district, who are elected by their respective district voters only. Recently, candidates for these positions have included Mayor Bruce Archer who was reelected in 2019 for his fourth term in office and Councilmember Gary Thomas who was elected as District 4's representative last November. The City Council works together to address the political issues facing Mesquite residents such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvement, budgeting and taxation.
The political climate in Zip 75150 (Mesquite, TX) is moderately 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 75150 (Mesquite, TX) is moderately liberal.
Mesquite, Texas is moderately 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.
Mesquite, 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 75150 (Mesquite)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 949 contributions totaling $86,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 496 contributions totaling $42,687 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)