La Paloma, TX is a small city located in the southwestern United States. It has a long history of politics and community involvement. The city government is run by an elected mayor and council who work to ensure that all local ordinances are followed and that the needs of La Paloma's residents are met. This includes ensuring public safety, providing affordable housing options, and offering recreational activities for residents to enjoy. Special attention is given to making sure that youth-oriented organizations and initiatives have access to funding sources such as grants, donations, and other forms of assistance. Local political candidates must demonstrate their commitment to making La Paloma a better place by addressing the issues most important to its citizens. These candidates must also be willing to listen to local concerns in order to understand what it takes to make La Paloma a great place for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in La Paloma, TX is moderately liberal.
Cameron County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Cameron County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cameron county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Cameron county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Paloma, TX is moderately liberal.
Cameron County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville-Harlingen 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.
La Paloma, Texas: d r 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 Paloma, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,016 contributions totaling $75,104 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $56,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)