The politics in 79903 El Paso, TX are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. El Paso is part of Texas’ 16th Congressional District, which has been represented by Democrat Veronica Escobar since 2019. In addition, the mayor of El Paso, Dee Margo is a Republican and was elected in 2017. There are also numerous city council members that serve on the various boards throughout the city. These councils are responsible for making decisions regarding zoning regulations, public safety, infrastructure development and general policy decisions. The local government also works closely with nonprofits to ensure that residents have access to resources and services that will help improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 79903 (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 79903 (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 79903 (El Paso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 495 contributions totaling $49,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $12,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)