Tierra Bonita, TX is a small, rural town located in the south of Texas. Despite its size and remote location, it has an active political scene. Every two years, local residents have the opportunity to vote for their representatives to the state congress. These representatives work hard on behalf of Tierra Bonita’s citizens to ensure that their town gets its fair share of resources and attention from state and federal governments. In addition to these congressional representatives, the mayor and six city council members are elected locally to form the city council. This council meets regularly to discuss issues facing Tierra Bonita such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and more. Through these meetings, local government officials make decisions that directly affect the quality of life in Tierra Bonita and its surrounding area.
The political climate in Tierra Bonita, TX is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Cameron County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cameron county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Cameron county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tierra Bonita, TX is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville-Harlingen 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.
Tierra Bonita, Texas: d r 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 Tierra Bonita, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $5,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,375 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)