The politics of 75244 Dallas, TX are primarily governed by the state and federal governments. At the state level, Texas is run by a Republican majority in the legislature. This means that legislature will likely focus on smaller government, low taxes, and conservative values. At the federal level, this area of Dallas is represented in Congress by Democratic representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson and Marc Veasey. On a local level, elections are held to determine who will be responsible for running the city. In recent years, these have been non-partisan races with candidates from both major parties seeking office. However, as Dallas continues to grow and become more diverse in its population, there is potential for more contested races in future elections.
The political climate in Zip 75244 (Dallas, TX) is moderately 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 75244 (Dallas, TX) is moderately liberal.
Dallas, Texas is moderately 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 75244 (Dallas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,556 contributions totaling $253,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 430 contributions totaling $333,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $776 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)