Raymondville, TX is a small rural town located in South Texas that has a long history of political involvement. The town is governed by a mayor and council members who are elected by the community every two years. The current mayor is Bob Rodriguez, who was elected in 2020 after winning the mayoral election with a clear majority. The council members consist of seven representatives from each of Raymondville's four wards, all whom have been elected through local elections since 2018. There have been various initiatives over the last couple of years to increase voter turnout and awareness of local politics among residents in Raymondville, such as installing temporary polling stations on Election Day and hosting debates between candidates before election results are announced. There are also many organizations within the community that strive to inform and empower citizens when it comes to understanding their rights and responsibilities under local government laws. Overall, Raymondville has seen an increase in political involvement over recent years due to increased engagement from citizens.
The political climate in Raymondville, TX is somewhat liberal.
Willacy County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Willacy County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Willacy county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 44.0%.
Willacy county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Raymondville, TX is somewhat liberal.
Willacy County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Raymondville 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.
Raymondville, 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 Raymondville, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $4,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $249,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)