Fort Bliss, TX is a city located in El Paso County and is home to many active service members stationed at the nearby Fort Bliss Army base. As such, it has its own local political system that works to serve its citizens. The current mayor of Fort Bliss is Dee Margo who was elected in 2018. He is joined by seven council members who are responsible for local laws and regulations within the city limits. Each council member serves two year terms and elections are held every two years. These elected officials work tirelessly to ensure the citizens have access to quality services while also promoting an increase in jobs and businesses within the community. Overall, Fort Bliss politics strive to create a great environment for residents to live, work, and enjoy life in this beautiful city.
The political climate in Zip 79916 (Fort Bliss, 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 79916 (Fort Bliss, TX) is strongly liberal.
Fort Bliss, 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.
Fort Bliss, 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 79916 (Fort Bliss)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)