Dallas County, Texas is an important political center in the Lone Star State. Home to over 2.5 million residents, it is no surprise that major state and federal elections are hotly contested in this populous county. On the local level, Dallas County is governed by a five-member commissioner's court – elected by the citizens of Dallas County to make sure their voice is heard in government decisions. The most recent election for Commissioner's Court saw turnout surge from previous years as many long-standing issues came into play, such as funding for public schools and infrastructure improvements. Over the last few years other important issues have included how best to manage growth in population and ensuring all citizens have access to quality healthcare services. With so many pressing matters at hand, it is clear that Dallas County residents take politics seriously – and will be sure to continue making their voices heard at the ballot box!
The political climate in 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
Dallas County, TX 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.
Dallas, 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 Dallas County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132,852 contributions totaling $35,098,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47,291 contributions totaling $78,323,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,656 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)