Hargill, TX is a small town located in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. It has a population of about 1,123 people according to the 2010 census. Hargill is part of Hidalgo County and is governed by the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court, which consists of four county commissioners and a county judge who serves as its presiding officer. The county government is responsible for providing public safety services such as law enforcement and fire protection services, as well as other basic services such as sanitation and road maintenance. In addition to the county government, Hargill also has its own local government consisting of a mayor and city council members. The city council members are elected by the citizens to represent them in matters related to municipal governance. The mayor oversees day-to-day city operations and is responsible for executing policy decisions made by the city council. Citizens in Hargill are actively engaged in their local politics through civic organization meetings that take place throughout the year to discuss local issues and develop solutions to address them. Additionally, they have an active voice in state level politics through voting initiatives during statewide elections. Overall, politics in Hargill is an important part of everyday life for its citizens as they strive to create a better future for their community together.
The political climate in Hargill, TX is somewhat 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
Hargill, TX is somewhat 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.
Hargill, 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 Hargill, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)