Brownsville, TX is located within Cameron County in Southeast Texas. It is a large metropolitan area with a population of over 180,000 people. As the hub of the Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville has become a major center for politics and government in the state. The city is served by many local representatives on the state senate and congressional levels who advocate for social and economic issues important to the community. In addition, there are numerous elected officials serving at the county level, such as county judges and constables, who also work to ensure that Brownsville’s citizens are receiving the best public services available. While there are no specific candidates running in 78521 specifically, citizens of this district can help shape policy and lawmaking by engaging in local and federal elections.
The political climate in Zip 78521 (Brownsville, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Cameron County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cameron county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Cameron county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78521 (Brownsville, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville-Harlingen 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.
Brownsville, Texas: d r 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 zip 78521 (Brownsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 666 contributions totaling $94,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $58,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)