Portland, TX is a small and growing city located on the Gulf Coast region of the state. Politically, the city is governed by an elected mayor and five-member city council. Portland has a strong commitment to citizen involvement in local government, encouraging active participation in the democratic process through voting, attending public meetings, voicing concerns at town hall meetings and engaging in meaningful dialogue with elected representatives. The city also has an active neighborhood association program that serves as an important link between citizens and their government. As such, Portland voters have had the opportunity to choose from several candidates for local political office in recent elections. With so many eager citizens involved in local politics, Portland remains a vibrant and engaged community with a bright future ahead.
The political climate in Portland, TX is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, TX is strongly conservative. In San Patricio County, TX 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Patricio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
San Patricio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Portland, TX is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Corpus Christi Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Portland, Texas: R R R R R 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 Portland, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 292 contributions totaling $11,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $67,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)