San Carlos, TX is a small town in Texas with a thriving political landscape. Citizens of San Carlos actively participate in local elections and other political activities to ensure their voices are heard and the policies that affect them are those they believe will best serve the community. During election season, citizens come together to support their favorite candidates for local offices such as mayor or city council members. Political discussions often focus on improving public infrastructure, increasing access to quality education, and creating economic opportunities for residents. Throughout the year, there are also many local events organized by groups that work with politicians to ensure that issues important to San Carlos residents are being addressed.
The political climate in San Carlos, 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
San Carlos, 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.
San Carlos, 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 San Carlos, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $18,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $11,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)