McAllen, Texas is an important city in the Rio Grande Valley located on the south-eastern tip of Texas. It has been part of this region since 1875 and is home to many different cultures and backgrounds. The politics in McAllen are largely shaped by the Latinx community that makes up a majority of the population. The city's mayor Rubén O. Villarreal was elected in 2019 and has championed progressive policies such as renewable energy infrastructure, improved public transportation, and creating more jobs for residents. Local representatives in McAllen are also focused on issues that affect their constituents such as immigration reform, education reform, healthcare access, and environmental protection. Local candidates often focus on local issues while also recognizing the importance of working together with other cities and states to create meaningful change at a larger level.
The political climate in McAllen, TX is somewhat liberal.
Hidalgo County, TX is moderately liberal. In Hidalgo County, TX 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
Hidalgo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McAllen, TX is somewhat liberal.
Hidalgo County, Texas is moderately liberal.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately 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.
McAllen, 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 McAllen, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,635 contributions totaling $5,012,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,298 contributions totaling $2,389,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)