El Paso, Texas is a city located in the state's western region and has a population of over 681,000 inhabitants. It is governed by El Paso City Council, which features nine members representing individual districts throughout the city. The Mayor of El Paso is Dee Margo, who was elected to office in 2017 and is currently serving his second term. In addition to the mayor, councilmembers include Peter Svarzbein (District 1), Cassandra Hernandez (District 2), Alexsandra Annello (District 3), Cassandra Hernandez (District 2), Sam Morgan (District 4), Isabel Salcido (District 5), Cissy Lizarraga (District 6), Henry Rivera (District 7) and Cissy Lizarraga ( District 8). Each of these leaders represent different areas of the city and work together to make decisions about laws that impact all El Pasoans. Issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure and healthcare are important topics for discussion at city council meetings. The citizens of El Paso have their own unique political perspectives but ultimately trust their local government officials to make decisions that will benefit their lives and families.
The political climate in Zip 79935 (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 79935 (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 79935 (El Paso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 347 contributions totaling $24,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $13,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)