Midway South, TX is a small town located in the south of Texas. Despite its small size, politics in Midway South are still quite an important factor in the local community. Everyone has their own opinions and views on different issues and most people take the time to get involved in the political discourse. The town is represented by both local and state-level elected officials who strive to make decisions that will benefit their constituents. Although not everyone agrees with each other, they are still able to work together to come up with solutions that will be beneficial for everyone. In addition, many citizens participate in local campaigns and rallies where they can share their thoughts about current political issues and express their support for particular candidates or causes. All of this helps make Midway South an active place when it comes to discussing politics.
The political climate in Midway South, TX is moderately 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
Midway South, TX is moderately 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.
Midway South, 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 Midway South, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 858 contributions totaling $148,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $79,477 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)