The politics in the Zapata, TX Metro Area are largely conservative. The local government is organized under the Texas State Constitution and it is run by county commissioners who are elected into office by popular vote. The citizens of the metro area have a strong sense of community and uphold traditional values. It is home to a number of registered Republicans who take an active role in promoting their party's goals and objectives. Local elections in Zapata often attract high voter turnout as the citizens take pride in having their voices heard when it comes to local issues that affect their lives. In addition to these local elections, citizens also participate in national, state, and regional elections that have a significant impact on the region's political landscape.
The political climate in Zapata Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Zapata Metro Area 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Zapata metro area flipped moderately Republican, 52.5% to 47.1%.
The Zapata metro area flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zapata Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Zapata, Texas: D D D D D r
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 Zapata Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $4,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $365 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)