Politics in 78575 Brownsville, TX are governed by the local government of Cameron County. The county is served by a five-member Commissioners Court, who are elected from each precinct, and the County Judge, who acts as the presiding officer. The Commissioners Court governs the county budget and sets policy for the county departments. At the state level, Brownsville is represented in both the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate. Currently, Eddie Lucio Jr serves as Representative for District 38 and Eddie Lucio III serves as senator for District 27. Additionally, local municipal elections decide who holds office in the city council of Brownsville.
The political climate in Zip 78575 (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 78575 (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 78575 (Brownsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $20,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $18,504 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)