The city of Laguna Vista, TX is a vibrant and rapidly growing community in the South Texas region. It is located in Cameron County and is known for its strong sense of unity and pride among its citizens. The city has a strong political presence, with local elections taking place every two years to select Laguna Vista's mayor and city council members. The current mayor, Robert Rendon, was elected in 2019 after serving on the City Council for several years. Mayor Rendon and the City Council are committed to ensuring that all aspects of the local community remain strong, including public safety, education, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and environmental stewardship. All local political candidates must adhere to strict ethical standards when running for office and must be transparent about their plans for the future of Laguna Vista if they are elected.
The political climate in Laguna Vista, TX is leaning 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
Laguna Vista, TX is leaning 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.
Laguna Vista, 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 Laguna Vista, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 435 contributions totaling $32,665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $24,634 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)