Rancho Chico, TX is a small rural town in south Texas, and its politics reflect that. The most important political issue for the residents is local government spending. Many of the residents are concerned with how their tax dollars are being spent as the town does not have many resources and money is tight. Local elections often involve candidates making promises about how they will better manage the funds of the town in order to improve public services or infrastructure. Voters take this responsibility seriously and carefully consider each candidate before casting their vote. Though Rancho Chico may be a small rural town, its politics still greatly affect the members of the community.
The political climate in Rancho Chico, TX is somewhat 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
Rancho Chico, TX is somewhat 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.
Rancho Chico, 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 Rancho Chico, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $6,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $11,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)