The politics in 79908 El Paso, TX are largely influenced by the city's population. As of 2019, El Paso is home to over 683,000 people, making it the sixth most populous city in Texas. The majority of El Paso residents identify as Hispanic or Latino and there is a large immigrant community in the area. El Paso has been represented in Congress by Democratic Representative Veronica Escobar since 2019 and in the Texas Senate by José Rodríguez since 2006. In addition, City Council members have been elected to represent each district within the city. These individuals strive to ensure that their constituents' needs are met and that their voices are heard on local and state issues. The city of El Paso also encourages civic involvement and hosts various workshops throughout the year to encourage citizens to become more informed about politics and get involved in their community.
The political climate in Zip 79908 (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 79908 (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 79908 (El Paso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)