Politics in Los Arcos, TX are heavily influenced by the local government and its residents. Local officials strive to ensure the needs of the community are met through careful planning and fiscal responsibility. The city council is composed of five elected representatives who make decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of citizens. Residents take an active role in shaping the direction of local politics by engaging in public discourse and voting on important issues. In addition, Los Arcos has a mayor, who serves as the head of government and is responsible for providing effective leadership for the city. Together with other elected representatives, they work together to ensure that Los Arcos remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Los Arcos, TX is moderately liberal.
Webb County, TX is moderately liberal. In Webb County, TX 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 37.8%.
Webb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Los Arcos, TX is moderately liberal.
Webb County, Texas is moderately liberal.
Laredo 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.
Los Arcos, 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 Los Arcos, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,122 contributions totaling $133,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $44,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)