Palmview South, TX is a small city located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is governed by Mayor Peter Paulson and a five-member City Council. The Council is made up of representatives from each of the four wards that make up Palmview South and is responsible for making decisions regarding city laws and services. They also have the responsibility of setting the budget for each year, which helps determine how much money will be allocated to different departments within the city. Palmview South prides itself on having a strong sense of civic engagement, with members of the community always involved in local politics through attending council meetings, volunteering for campaigns, and voting every election cycle. This level of participation allows citizens to have a say in how their city functions as well as shape its future direction.
The political climate in Palmview South, TX is moderately 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
Palmview South, TX is moderately 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.
Palmview South, 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 Palmview South, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,488 contributions totaling $631,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 846 contributions totaling $347,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)