The Raymondville, TX Metro Area is an area that is strongly influenced by local politics. There are several local political candidates who are vying for votes in the upcoming election, each with their own platforms and ideas for how to make the area more prosperous. Local issues such as education, economic development, and healthcare are often a primary focus of these candidates, as they look to address the needs of Raymondville residents. In addition to the political candidates, there are also numerous organizations that work tirelessly to advocate and support the local community. Through their efforts, they strive to ensure that everyone in Raymondville has access to quality resources and opportunities regardless of their socioeconomic status or background.
The political climate in Raymondville Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Raymondville Metro Area 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, the Raymondville metro area remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 44.0%.
The Raymondville metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Raymondville, 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 Raymondville Metro Area
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)