Kingsville, TX is a small city with a population of about 25,000 people located in south Texas. The local politics in Kingsville are overseen by a mayor-council government. The Mayor and City Council work together to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met and that the city operates efficiently. The Mayor serves as the chief executive officer and is elected for a four year term. The City Council consists of seven members who represent various districts within Kingsville and are also elected for four year terms. Together, they make sure that all necessary services and infrastructure projects are adequately funded and implemented throughout Kingsville. They also create laws that promote public safety, economic development, health, housing, and transportation. Recent initiatives have included improvements to public parks, increased funding for educational programs, and investment in infrastructure projects such as new roads and sidewalks.
The political climate in Kingsville, TX is leaning liberal.
Kleberg County, TX is leaning conservative. In Kleberg County, TX 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kleberg county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.3% to 48.6%.
Kleberg county flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after 2008, 2012 and 2016 went Democractic.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kingsville, TX is leaning liberal.
Kleberg County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Kingsville Metro Area 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.
Kingsville, Texas: r 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 Kingsville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,204 contributions totaling $32,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $9,446 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)