Weslaco, TX is a small city located in Hidalgo County, Texas. The government of this city is composed of a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor, David Suarez, was first elected in 2019 and is currently serving his first term in office. The City Council holds regular meetings that are open to the public and all residents of Weslaco are encouraged to attend and voice their opinions on local issues. As a relatively young city, Weslaco has seen many changes over the years as it continues to grow and develop. These changes have been made with community input into consideration as the local government works towards making Weslaco an even better place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Weslaco, TX is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, TX is moderately liberal. In Hidalgo County, TX 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
Hidalgo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weslaco, TX is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, Texas is moderately liberal.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately 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.
Weslaco, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Weslaco, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 837 contributions totaling $132,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 223 contributions totaling $75,569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)