El Paso County, TX is an area known for its vibrant political climate. It has a long history of electing strong leaders who are passionate about making the community better and ensuring the rights of all its citizens. The Democratic Party dominates politics in El Paso County, with most politicians representing that party in both state offices and local elections. Local candidates have been known to focus on issues such as job growth, health care reform, immigration reform, and education. These issues are top priorities for the citizens of El Paso County, and local leaders strive to make positive changes that will benefit everyone in the community.
The political climate in 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
El Paso County, TX 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.
El Paso, 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 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 El Paso County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,340 contributions totaling $3,933,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,646 contributions totaling $7,545,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)