Dilley, TX is a small town located in South Texas. Politically, it is a largely conservative area with many of the elected officials being Republican. The mayor since 2010 has been Maria Antonia Cruz-Gastelum, who is also a Republican. She was re-elected to a fifth term in 2019 and has served as mayor since 2010. There are several other local political figures in the area including State Representative John Kuempel and County Commissioner Juan Rios, both of whom are Republican as well. The town's population is relatively small but the people of Dilley take their politics very seriously, voting consistently in elections and lobbying for issues that they feel strongly about.
The political climate in Dilley, TX is leaning liberal.
Frio County, TX is leaning conservative. In Frio County, TX 45.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frio county flipped moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.9%.
Frio county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dilley, TX is leaning liberal.
Frio County, Texas is leaning conservative.
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.
Dilley, Texas: D r D D D r
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 Dilley, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $6,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)