Benavides, TX is a small town in south Texas with a population of around 1,600 people. Despite its small size the city takes its politics seriously, with several local elections being contested each year for positions on the City Commission and other political offices. The candidates who run for these local elections generally come from within the community or are individuals who are passionate about serving their hometown. Each election cycle brings a new set of candidates with unique ideas and perspectives about how to best serve the citizens of Benavides. Local residents have access to regular forums where they can discuss important issues that concern them and learn more about their political representatives. As an engaged community, Benavides's citizens are actively involved in making sure that their voices are heard when it comes to politics in their hometown.
The political climate in Benavides, TX is leaning liberal.
Duval County, TX is leaning liberal. In Duval County, TX 51.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duval county remained Democratic, 51.0% to 48.3%.
Duval county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benavides, TX is leaning liberal.
Duval County, Texas is leaning 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.
Benavides, 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 Benavides, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $21,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $29,843 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)