The city of Loma Vista, TX is a vibrant and diverse community with strong political involvement from its citizens. Located in central Texas, the city has one mayor and five city council members that are democratically elected every two years. The mayor and council members have authority to make decisions on important matters such as budgeting, public safety initiatives, and infrastructure projects. To ensure all voices are heard, residents are encouraged to attend local meetings in order to voice their opinions or concerns. Through these meetings, residents can learn more about current city issues and help shape the future of Loma Vista. In addition to elected officials, there are many organizations which work with local government to promote civic engagement in the area. These groups work together to ensure that everyone’s needs are met through policy changes and initiatives that positively impact the community.
The political climate in Loma Vista, 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
Loma Vista, 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.
Loma Vista, 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 Loma Vista, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $2,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)