The politics in 79902 El Paso, TX are closely tied to the population of the area. The city has a population of 683,080 as of 2018 and a large portion of that population is Hispanic or Latino. El Paso is considered a stronghold for the Democratic party and tends to favor liberal policies when it comes to voting. In recent years, several local candidates have run for office on both sides of the aisle, including incumbents such as Beto O'Rourke, Cesar Blanco, and Mary Gonzalez. These candidates have pushed for progressive policies on issues ranging from healthcare reform to immigration reform. Furthermore, these same candidates have worked with organizations such as Border Network for Human Rights to ensure that all members of their community are represented fairly and equally.
The political climate in Zip 79902 (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 79902 (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 79902 (El Paso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,658 contributions totaling $943,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $246,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,081 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)