Escobares, TX is a small town located in rural South Texas. The city has a mayor-council type of government and the current mayor of Escobares is Francisco Lopez. The council consists of six members who are elected every two years by popular vote. Local politics in Escobares is mainly concerned with matters such as taxation, infrastructure improvements, economic development and education. All issues are discussed at the council meetings held regularly throughout the year. voters also get to voice their opinions on public policy by voting on ballot initiatives that appear on the local election ballots. Additionally, local candidates run for public office each year in order to bring about positive change within their community. These elections serve as an important platform for citizens to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Escobares, TX is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, TX is leaning liberal. In Starr County, TX 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Starr county remained Democratic, 52.1% to 47.1%.
Starr county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Escobares, TX is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Rio Grande City-Roma 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.
Escobares, 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 Escobares, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 237 contributions totaling $62,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $38,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)