Indian Lake, TX is a small city with a population of about 5,000 people.The politics in Indian Lake are mainly focused on local issues such as education, public safety and infrastructure. The city is governed by a Mayor and four Council members who are all elected by the citizens of Indian Lake every two years. The election process for choosing the Mayor and Council members is open and transparent, with each citizen having an equal voice in the selection process. The current Mayor and Council strive to make decisions that best serve the interests of all citizens in the city of Indian Lake. Every year they hold public meetings to get feedback from citizens about their ideas for improving the quality of life in Indian Lake. There are also several local political organizations that help to promote civic engagement around important topics such as economic development, environmental conservation, and social justice. Through these organizations, citizens can get involved in the political landscape of Indian Lake and work towards making positive changes in their community.
The political climate in Indian Lake, TX is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Cameron County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cameron county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Cameron county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Indian Lake, TX is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville-Harlingen Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Indian Lake, Texas: d r 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 Indian Lake, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $7,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $13,574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)