Palm Valley, TX is a small town situated on the Southern border of Texas. The town has a population of approximately 5,000 people and has a thriving community atmosphere. The local politics in the area are spearheaded by the city council, who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect the townsfolk. The mayor is also elected from within the city limits and works with the council to manage the town's affairs. On a county level, an elected commission governs the larger region and sets regulations that span multiple cities. In Palm Valley, citizens can participate in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates during elections or by voicing their opinions on matters that arise before either governing body.
The political climate in Palm Valley, 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
Palm Valley, 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.
Palm Valley, 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 Palm Valley, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 503 contributions totaling $72,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $132,357 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)