La Blanca, TX is a small town in South Texas known for its friendly atmosphere and vibrant culture. The town’s politics are represented by local school board trustees, the mayor and city council members who work to ensure the town runs smoothly. Local elections are held every two years and the townspeople come together to elect their representatives into these positions. The mayor works with the council to determine laws that benefit the entire community and make decisions regarding infrastructure, development, transportation, education and other important topics which affect residents of La Blanca. Additionally, local political candidates visit homes in La Blanca during election season to discuss issues of importance so that their constituents can make informed decisions when heading to the polls.
The political climate in La Blanca, TX is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, TX is moderately liberal. In Hidalgo County, TX 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
Hidalgo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Blanca, TX is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, Texas is moderately liberal.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately 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.
La Blanca, 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 La Blanca, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 453 contributions totaling $62,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $27,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)