Fort Bliss, TX is a military city located in El Paso County. It is home to the United States Army’s 1st Armored Division, which is the largest armored division in the Army. The city of Fort Bliss has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected every two years and serves as the chief executive for the city. The City Council consists of six council members, each representing one of six single-member districts and two City Council representatives elected at-large. In addition, the City Council appoints a number of city officials to assist with day-to-day operations. As a military town, Fort Bliss plays an important role in local politics due to its significant voting power. There are several ways for citizens to be involved in politics, including attending public meetings, running for office or participating in campaigns by supporting local candidates and issues that impact their community.
The political climate in Fort Bliss, TX is moderately liberal.
El Paso County, TX is very liberal. In El Paso County, TX 66.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, El Paso county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.7% to 31.6%.
El Paso county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Bliss, TX is moderately liberal.
El Paso County, Texas is very liberal.
El Paso Metro Area is very 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.
Fort Bliss, Texas: D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fort Bliss, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $9,264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)