Sonora, TX is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Texas. The politics of Sonora, TX are reflective of its size with a more localized approach to decision making. In Sonora citizens elect a mayor and five city council members to represent them on local city matters. Each candidate, chosen by the local population, helps guide the decisions that directly impact the citizens of Sonora. These candidates work together to come up with solutions for infrastructure upgrades, budgeting issues, and other challenges faced by the townspeople on a local level. Additionally, since Sonora is part of Texas there are also state elected officials who represent the citizens in matters concerning state-level lawmaking and other issues that affect all Texans alike.
The political climate in Sonora, TX is moderately conservative.
Sutton County, TX is very conservative. In Sutton County, TX 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sutton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.7%.
Sutton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sonora, TX is moderately conservative.
Sutton County, Texas is very 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.
Sonora, 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 Sonora, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $39,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)