La Minita, TX is a small town in southwest Texas with a population of around 5,000 inhabitants. Politically, the town is part of the larger county and state government systems, as well as Congress. The town has one representative in the Texas House of Representatives and one representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. Additionally, there are local school board members and other governing positions that are voted on within the city limits. While La Minita does not have its own mayor or other municipal offices, it is run by a system of appointed officials who represent the interests of the citizens to their respective governing bodies. These representations help ensure that everyone in La Minita has their voices heard throughout all levels of government while providing guidance on important issues like taxes, education and infrastructure projects that affect daily life for residents.
The political climate in La Minita, 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
La Minita, 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.
La Minita, 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 La Minita, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $2,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)