Santa Monica, TX is a small town in the state of Texas. It has its own local government and political representation, with several parties vying for power. The public is served by one mayor and six City Council members who are elected to two-year terms. The councilmen are responsible for setting policy and legislation to improve the town’s quality of life, such as passing ordinances on land use, taxation, health and safety codes, economic development initiatives, and community services. Local elections in Santa Monica tend to be spirited affairs with residents coming out in droves to pick their representative, ensuring that their voices are heard at city hall. With an active citizenry engaged in local politics, Santa Monica is a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Santa Monica, TX is somewhat liberal.
Willacy County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Willacy County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Willacy county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 44.0%.
Willacy county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santa Monica, TX is somewhat liberal.
Willacy County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Raymondville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Santa Monica, 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 Santa Monica, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $7,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $14,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)