Ricardo, Texas is a small town located in the heart of Texas. The town has a close-knit community of residents who take an active interest in local politics. Town meetings are regularly held to discuss and vote on important decisions that affect the town's future. During these meetings, residents can voice their opinions and vote on issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure, and other important matters. The current mayor of Ricardo is Bob Smith, who was elected in 2019 after winning a close election against his opponent by only 8 votes. He has been a strong advocate for the citizens of Ricardo and strives to ensure that every decision made benefits the town. With his leadership, Ricardo can look forward to a bright political future with plenty of opportunities for everyone living in this wonderful little Texas town.
The political climate in Ricardo, TX is leaning conservative.
Kleberg County, TX is leaning conservative. In Kleberg County, TX 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kleberg county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Kleberg county flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after 2008, 2012 and 2016 went Democractic.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ricardo, TX is leaning conservative.
Kleberg County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Kingsville Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Ricardo, Texas: r r d d d r
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 Ricardo, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,204 contributions totaling $32,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $9,446 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)