Alamo, TX is a small city located in Hidalgo County. Despite its small size, Alamo has an active political scene that involves both local and national issues. At the local level, city council members are elected to represent the interests of residents and make decisions about things like taxes, zoning regulations, and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, the mayor serves as the leader of the city and is entrusted with managing a variety of public resources. At the national level, Alamo residents take part in elections by voting for representatives to serve in the US Congress and Senate. These representatives are responsible for developing policies that impact all citizens of the United States. Overall, Alamo's politics are just as important as any other city or town in Texas when it comes to making sure that all voices are represented in governmental decision-making processes.
The political climate in Alamo, 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
Alamo, 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.
Alamo, 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 Alamo, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 812 contributions totaling $34,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $32,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)