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===Politics=== Since 2023, Dallas has been the largest city in the United States with a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] mayor after Eric Johnson switched parties after [[2023 Dallas mayoral election|winning re-election]]. He ran and was elected as a Democrat.{{Efn|Dallas elects mayors in nonpartisan races, however, mayor [[Eric Johnson (Texas politician)|Eric Johnson]] switched parties to the Republicans after winning re-election in [[2023 Dallas mayoral election|2023]].}} However, the city is normally a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] stronghold, with over 60% of voters supporting [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas President election results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://edition.cnn.com/election/2024/results/texas/president |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> 69% of voters supporting [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] and 67% of voters supporting [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]] (excluding write-ins).<ref name="Dallas - Election Results">{{cite web|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Dallas/63891/183923/Web01/en/summary.html |title=Dallas β Election Results |publisher=Dallas County Elections |date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] voters dominate the majority of the city, especially the [[Downtown Dallas|central]] [[Urban area|urban core]] and [[South Dallas|southern]] sectors, with [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] spreading a sliver of suburban neighborhoods in [[North Dallas]]. In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 U.S. presidential election]], 57% of Dallas voters voted for [[John Kerry]] over [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pages.sbcglobal.net/tom.blackwell/ |title=DemocraticResearch Blog |publisher=Pages.sbcglobal.net |date=July 4, 2001 |access-date=May 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508071804/http://pages.sbcglobal.net/tom.blackwell/ |archive-date=May 8, 2010 }}</ref> Dallas County was closely divided, with 50% of voters voting for Bush and 49% voting for Kerry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2004&fips=48113&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections β State Data |publisher=Uselectionatlas.org |access-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref> Results in the 2008 and 2012 elections favored [[Barack Obama]], with the 44th President receiving 57% of Dallas County voters in both years, with greater margins in the city of Dallas. In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, approximately 66% of Dallas voters voted for [[Hillary Clinton]], with 28% of city voters voting for [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="Dallas - Election Results" /> Dallas County as a whole saw 61% of voters voting for Clinton, with 35% support for Trump.<ref name="Dallas - Election Results" /> In 2004, [[Lupe Valdez]] was elected Dallas County [[Sheriff]]. An open lesbian, Valdez was the only female sheriff in the state of Texas until her resignation. Despite controversies in her handling of county jails, she won re-election in 2008 with a 10-point victory over Republican challenger Lowell Cannaday.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-dalsheriff_05met.ART.State.Edition2.4a497e1.html | title = Valdez triumphant in bid for 2nd term as Dallas County sheriff | date = November 5, 2008 | access-date = November 5, 2008 | first = Kevin | last = Krause | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091228054810/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-dalsheriff_05met.ART.State.Edition2.4a497e1.html | archive-date = December 28, 2009}}</ref> In the [[2024 United States presidential election]], Donald Trump, achieved 34.1% of the vote in the city of Dallas. This marked the highest level of support for a Republican candidate in the city since the 2012 election, when [[Mitt Romney]] received a comparable percentage. This is most likely have attributed Trump's performance in Dallas in part to a notable shift in Hispanic voter preferences within Texas. Trump garnered an estimated 55% of the Hispanic vote statewide, a significant improvement from his performance among Hispanic voters in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exit poll results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/texas/general/president/0 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;" |+ Dallas city vote<br /> by party in Presidential elections<ref name="Dallas County Election Results">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/|title=Dallas County, TX Elections | Elections Information|website=www.dallascountyvotes.org}}</ref><ref name="collincountytx.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx|title=Election Results|website=www.collincountytx.gov|access-date=May 20, 2022|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524214410/https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Denton County Election Results">{{Cite web|url=https://www.votedenton.gov/election-results/|title=Denton County, TX Elections|website=www.votedenton.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::1c2c1e0d-2fd1-43a8-a039-73e7023124d1 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref> |- style="background:lightgrey;" ! Year ! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]] |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2024 United States presidential election in Texas|2024]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.5%''' ''263,130'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.1% ''139,022'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.5% ''5,968'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|2020]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.3%''' ''315,166'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.4% ''129,086'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.2% ''10,351'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in Texas|2016]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''67.2%''' ''247,424'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.7% ''105,814'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|4.1% ''15,169'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in Texas|2012]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.3%''' ''221,354'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.7% ''122,850'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in Texas|2008]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.9%''' ''235,014'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|34.7% ''125,480'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.4% ''1,616'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in Texas|2004]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.6%''' ''198,429'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.4% ''140,233'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in Texas|2000]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.4%''' ''167,026'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.6% ''134,327'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0% ''0'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election in Texas|1996]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.9%''' ''156,486'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.9% ''113,703'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.3% ''15,071'' |} {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;" |+ Dallas city vote<br /> by party in Senate elections<ref name="Dallas County Election Results"/><ref name="collincountytx.gov"/><ref name="Denton County Election Results"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::f2680c07-b1ce-4029-a33f-07ec589f7ac7 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref> |- style="background:lightgrey;" ! Year ! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]] |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2024 United States Senate election in Texas|2024]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''66.9%''' ''271,719'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|31.0% ''126,082'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.1% ''8,542 |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States Senate election in Texas|2020]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.4%''' ''293,817'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.0% ''143,861'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|2.6% ''11,506'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2018 United States Senate election in Texas|2018]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''71.2%''' ''255,236'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.1% ''100,633'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.7% ''2,636'' |- |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2014 United States Senate election in Texas|2014]] |align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''107,549'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.1% ''78,094'' |align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|0.0% ''0'' |} {{Clear}} [[File:Prectint by prectint map of dallas in the 2024 presdintal electio.svg|thumb|2024 Election In Dallas]]
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