Zavala County, TX is located in the South Texas Plains region and has a population of approximately 11,700 residents. The county seat is located in Crystal City and the area is represented in Congress by Vicente Gonzalez. For local political representation, Zavala County is served by four county commissioners elected at large to serve staggered four-year terms. Other local officials include District Clerk, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace and Constable for each precinct. In addition to these offices there are several others dedicated to the diversity and needs of the county. Elections are held every two years for all elected officials who must be members of a political party or declared as independent candidates in order to run for office. Issues that have been discussed recently include immigration reform, healthcare access, economic development and education funding. Political representation is important in Zavala County because it affects all aspects of life including public safety, infrastructure development and public services such as libraries and parks.
The political climate in Zavala County, TX is strongly liberal.
In Zavala County, TX 65.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Zavala county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.4% to 34.0%.
Zavala county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zavala County, TX is strongly liberal.
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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.
Zavala, 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 Zavala County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $5,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $603 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $92,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)