El Paso, TX is a vibrant city with a rich political history and culture. Located in El Paso County, the city is home to a diverse population that has remained politically active throughout its history. In local elections, El Pasoans have elected candidates from both major parties in almost equal numbers. In recent years, the Democratic Party has seen greater success in El Paso than the Republican Party. Local issues such as immigration, education, health care and economic development have been important topics during elections. The city has produced powerful political leaders like Beto O’Rourke and Veronica Escobar who have become leading voices for progressive values in the nation’s capital. El Paso also boasts a strong spirit of civic engagement which manifests itself through passionate debates on local issues across multiple forums such as social media and traditional media outlets including TV and radio talk shows. Regardless of where residents stand on political issues, they all take pride in participating actively in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 79932 (El Paso, 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
Zip 79932 (El Paso, TX) is strongly liberal.
El Paso, Texas 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.
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 zip 79932 (El Paso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $143,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $76,057 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)