Irving, TX is a city located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex of Texas. It is home to numerous businesses and attractions, providing a vibrant atmosphere for everyone in the city. Politically, Irving has traditionally leaned towards more conservative views and votes. This can be seen through its voting record in national elections. Irving has had Republican representatives in Congress since the early 1990s and continues to support conservative candidates today. The City Council consists mostly of Republican officials, who work together to make decisions that benefit the local community. Additionally, Irving also maintains strong ties with both sides of the political spectrum by regularly engaging with constituents and inviting all candidates from each party to present their platforms during election season. Thus, Irving provides an interesting microcosm of politics within Texas, highlighting both conservative views as well as attempting to remain open to all opinions and ideas.
The political climate in 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
Irving, TX 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 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 Irving, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,797 contributions totaling $2,847,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,715 contributions totaling $5,908,519 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)