La Rosita, TX is a small rural town located in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The town is home to a diverse population of people from various ethnic backgrounds and cultures. In terms of politics, La Rosita has a long history of being represented by Democratic candidates at the state and national level. For example, Filemon Vela Jr., the current US Representative for TX-34 was first elected in 2012 and has since held onto his seat. At the state level, La Rosita is represented by Senator Juan \"Chuy\" Hinojosa who was elected to the Senate in 2002. Locally, La Rosita has several city council members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of their constituents. They handle matters such as zoning regulations, budgeting, and other concerns that affect local residents. Through this system of representation, La Rosita's citizens have an active role in shaping their own community.
The political climate in La Rosita, TX is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, TX is leaning liberal. In Starr County, TX 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Starr county remained Democratic, 52.1% to 47.1%.
Starr county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Rosita, TX is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Rio Grande City-Roma Metro Area is leaning 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 Rosita, 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 Rosita, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 441 contributions totaling $122,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $76,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)