Willacy County is a rural county located in South Texas. It has an estimated population of 22,134 and is governed by five elected officials: a county judge, a county commissioner for each of the four precincts, and a Constable. All of these officials are members of the Democratic Party. The local population has strong ties to their party affiliations, so it is quite common to see election campaigns featured prominently throughout the county. Local candidates often face fierce competition during primary elections due to the large base of loyal voters that reside in Willacy County. The people of Willacy also take their civic responsibility seriously and are very active in voting during local, state, and federal elections. Residents enjoy participating in debates over hot topics such as immigration reform, health care access, education funding, and taxes. As such, it is not uncommon for political discourse to be commonplace among locals whenever an election approaches or issues arise at the state or federal level.
The political climate in 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
Willacy County, TX 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.
Willacy, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Willacy County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $9,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $258,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,970 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)