The small city of La Joya, TX is home to a diverse and welcoming community. Politics in the area are largely determined by local initiatives that impact the day to day lives of the citizens. Local politicians strive to keep taxes low, while also providing essential services such as police and fire departments, parks and recreation, libraries, road maintenance, and other public works. There is an emphasis on education and preserving local heritage. The city is proud of its strong sense of community and works hard to ensure its residents have access to resources they need to succeed. Local elections are held every year for council positions as well as mayor's office. Citizens of La Joya can take part in important decisions that shape their future by voting for their preferred candidates at the polling places located in their respective districts.
The political climate in La Joya, 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 Joya, 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 Joya, 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 Joya, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $12,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $757 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)