The politics in Canutillo, TX are shaped by its local government and the people who live there. The city is overseen by a mayor-council form of government with a mayor who serves as the administrative head of the city council and is elected for two-year terms. The council consists of six members, each representing individual wards within the city. All members are elected to serve two-year terms as well. In addition to legislation passed by the City Council, state and federal laws also affect the politics in Canutillo, TX.
The cities’ citizens have an important role to play when it comes to politics in Canutillo, TX. Local elections feature candidates from different parties and backgrounds competing for various positions across city government including mayor, city council members and other offices. Residents can make their voices heard through casting their ballots come election time and by being active in their neighborhoods throughout their everyday lives. Through this involvement, residents can help shape policy that affects them directly.
The political climate in Canutillo, TX is strongly 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
Canutillo, TX is strongly 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.
Canutillo, 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 Canutillo, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,236 contributions totaling $156,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 583 contributions totaling $88,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)