Eagle Pass, TX is situated in Maverick County and is known for its rich cultural history. It has a diverse population of over 25,000 people and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Texas. In terms of politics, Eagle Pass has a long tradition of being represented by politicians from both major parties as well as independent candidates. Currently, the mayor of Eagle Pass is Ricardo Lopez of the Democratic Party. He was elected in 2019 and is working to address various community issues such as economic development, jobs creation, public safety and infrastructure improvements. The City Council is composed of 6 members from different political affiliations which includes representatives from the Republican Party and Democratic Party. Recently, there were three independent candidates running for office in Eagle Pass during the 2020 local elections, although none were successful. Overall, it's clear that Eagle Pass has an engaged political atmosphere with a wide range of views represented among its citizens and elected officials alike.
The political climate in Eagle Pass, TX is somewhat liberal.
Maverick County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Maverick County, TX 54.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maverick county remained moderately Democratic, 54.3% to 44.8%.
Maverick county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eagle Pass, TX is somewhat liberal.
Maverick County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Eagle Pass 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.
Eagle Pass, 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 Eagle Pass, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 219 contributions totaling $47,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $100,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)