The small town of Combes, Texas is home to a population of around 1,500 people. Though it may not be a large metropolis, politics in Combes still makes a big impact on the local community. Local officials are elected by the town’s residents to represent their interests in state and federal government. The current mayor is Megan Garrett, who has held the office for two terms since her appointment in 2016. Other important roles such as school board trustee and city council members are also elected by residents in order to ensure that important decisions affecting the town are made with input from those who live there. While the political makeup of Combes may not be as prominent as larger cities, its residents understand how the decisions made at all levels of government can affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in Combes, 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
Combes, 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.
Combes, 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 Combes, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,131 contributions totaling $179,508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 806 contributions totaling $293,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)