The politics in Sunset (Starr County), TX are largely shaped by the local government, and voting is a key part of the political process. Voting helps to determine who will be elected to local offices such as mayor, county commissioner, school board member, and others. This allows citizens to have a say in who represents them and how their city is run. Candidates for office need to gain the support of residents before they can win an election and have their policies enacted. The population of Sunset (Starr County) is around 34,000 people, making it an important voting block in Texas elections. Political campaigns tend to focus on issues that affect residents directly such as healthcare, education, jobs, taxes, public safety, infrastructure development, and more. In order for candidates to be successful they must be able to make a case for why their policies will benefit the citizens of Sunset (Starr County).
The political climate in Sunset (Starr County), TX is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, TX is leaning liberal. In Starr County, TX 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Starr county remained Democratic, 52.1% to 47.1%.
Starr county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sunset (Starr County), TX is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Rio Grande City-Roma Metro Area is leaning 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.
Sunset (Starr County), 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 Sunset (Starr County), TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $2,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)