El Paso, TX is a diverse city located in the far western corner of Texas. With a population of 681,168 people, El Paso is the sixth largest city in Texas and is home to many cultures and people from all walks of life. It is also home to numerous political organizations and elected officials who work together to serve their constituents. These representatives come from both major political parties and are selected by voters through direct elections. The current mayor of El Paso is Dee Margo, a Republican who was first elected in 2017. In addition to the mayor, there are 10 other members on the City Council representing each district within the city limits. On the state level, El Paso is represented by Sen. Jose Rodriguez and Rep. Cesar Blanco, both Democrats who were elected in 2016. As part of their work as elected officials, they have worked hard to promote civic engagement among all residents regardless of political affiliation or background in order to ensure that everyone can have access to their government and resources available throughout the community.
The political climate in Zip 79922 (El Paso, TX) is moderately 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 79922 (El Paso, TX) is moderately liberal.
El Paso, Texas is moderately 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 79922 (El Paso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,130 contributions totaling $591,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 720 contributions totaling $603,557 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $838 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)