La Puerta, TX is a small community in the heart of Texas with a close-knit environment and strong sense of community. The citizens of La Puerta are active in local politics and take pride in voting for candidates that will work hard to make their town better. Each election season, the people of La Puerta come together to support the candidates who they feel best represent their values and beliefs. With an active City Council and School Board, residents are highly involved in the political process. Local debates between political candidates are held regularly during election season so that voters can make informed decisions about which candidate is best suited to lead their community. La Puerta’s commitment to actively participating in politics ensures that their voices are heard and their needs are taken into account when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in La Puerta, 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 Puerta, 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 Puerta, 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 Puerta, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $59,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $37,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)