South Point, TX is a small city located in the southern area of Texas. It has a unique political landscape due to its size and population. Local politics are dominated by the Republican Party, with several strong candidates running for office in each election cycle. The citizens of South Point take their local politics seriously and have worked hard to ensure that the right voices are being heard on important issues in their community. The current mayor is an independent who has been serving since 2016 and is popular among the locals. There are also several city council members who work together to make sure that the needs of the citizens are taken care of, ensuring a sense of unity among all South Point residents.
The political climate in South Point, TX is moderately liberal.
Cameron County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Cameron County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cameron county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Cameron county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Point, TX is moderately liberal.
Cameron County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville-Harlingen 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.
South Point, Texas: d r 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 South Point, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 666 contributions totaling $94,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $58,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)