Dallas, TX 75231 is a vibrant and diverse city, with its political scene reflecting the same. At the local level, Dallas' politics are primarily dominated by the Democratic Party due to the large majority of registered Democrats who call the city home. In recent years, there have been a number of candidates running for office in 75231, including those for City Council and Mayor. The current mayor of Dallas is Mike Rawlings, who was elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2015. On the City Council side, six districts make up 75231 and each has its own representative. These representatives are all part of the Democratic Party and have been elected to serve their constituents. Additionally, Texas has two U.S. Senate seats which are held by Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. All these candidates work together to ensure that Dallas remains safe and prosperous for everyone living in this great city.
The political climate in Zip 75231 (Dallas, 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
Zip 75231 (Dallas, TX) is strongly liberal.
Dallas, Texas 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.
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 zip 75231 (Dallas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,286 contributions totaling $114,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 578 contributions totaling $323,547 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $560 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)