Hidalgo County is located in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and is home to 1.3 million people. The county has a political climate that is largely Democratic and has been for many years. The current county judge, Richard F. Cortez, was elected in 2018, as well as many other Democratic politicians who represent the county's citizens on the local and state level. Hidalgo County residents have a strong sense of community and are politically engaged in local issues such as immigration reform, public education funding, and job growth. With a focus on progressive values and equal rights for all, Hidalgo County strives to serve its citizens through continual improvement of services and infrastructure while honoring its rich cultural history.
The political climate in 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
Hidalgo County, TX 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.
Hidalgo, 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 Hidalgo County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,531 contributions totaling $2,982,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,429 contributions totaling $1,741,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $508 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)