The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area is a vibrant area of Texas that is politically active with many different local political parties. It has seen strong support in recent years for the Democratic Party from its citizens. With its close proximity to the US-Mexico border, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area has become an important focus point of immigration reform and legislation. The area has been represented by leaders from both major political parties and have seen some heated debates regarding immigration reform, public education, healthcare, and other issues that are important in the region. Local politicians have been dedicated to representing their constituents and working towards positive progress in their community.
The political climate in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately 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.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,531 contributions totaling $2,982,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,429 contributions totaling $1,741,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $508 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)