Las Palmas, TX is a small city in southern Texas that has had a strong political presence for many years. The city is divided into two districts and each district holds its own elections to decide the representatives of their respective districts. These elections are held every two years and the candidates vary from year to year, but always have one thing in common: a commitment to serve the people of Las Palmas. The current mayor of Las Palmas is Daniel Lopez who was elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020. He has been an advocate for economic development, education reform, and public safety initiatives throughout his time as Mayor. Additionally, there are several well known political groups in Las Palmas such as the Las Palmas Conservative Coalition and the Las Palmas Progressives which both fight for different causes relevant to the citizens of Las Palmas. All these groups help bring attention to important issues that affect all residents of Las Palmas.
The political climate in Las Palmas, TX is leaning liberal.
Zapata County, TX is leaning conservative. In Zapata County, TX 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Zapata county flipped moderately Republican, 52.5% to 47.1%.
Zapata county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Las Palmas, TX is leaning liberal.
Zapata County, Texas is leaning conservative.
Zapata Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Las Palmas, Texas: D D D D D r
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 Las Palmas, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $4,301 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)