Grand Prairie, TX is a small city located in Dallas County with a population of 175,396 people. The local government is led by Mayor Ron Jensen who was elected in 2013 and he is currently serving his third term. Additionally, the city council consists of seven members who are elected at large to serve two-year terms. All members are responsible for representing the citizens of Grand Prairie and their interests at City Council meetings. The City Council meets once a month to discuss and vote on local issues such as zoning changes, budgets, taxes, public safety protocols, and development projects. Local elections are held every year in May for each city office position and residents can cast their ballots at designated voting centers or by mail-in ballot if they choose to do so. The City of Grand Prairie strives to be an active participant in civic engagement with their citizens by organizing various events throughout the year that encourage participation in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 75051 (Grand Prairie, TX) is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, TX is strongly liberal. In Dallas County, TX 64.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.9% to 33.3%.
Dallas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 75051 (Grand Prairie, TX) is strongly liberal.
Grand Prairie, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas County, Texas is strongly liberal.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Grand Prairie, Texas: r r 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 75051 (Grand Prairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $5,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $10,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)