Cotulla, TX is a small city located in La Salle County. It has a population of just over 3,000 people. In this town, the local government is responsible for setting rules and regulations that affect the daily lives of its citizens. The main political body in Cotulla is the City Council who are elected by the local citizens to represent their views and interests within their community. The mayor of Cotulla also holds an important role as he or she serves as the head of the council and presides over meetings. Every two years, elections are held for various positions on the council, including mayor, city judge, and four council members. With such a small population, it is important for all citizens to vote in order to ensure that their voices are heard and their interests are represented in Cotulla's politics.
The political climate in Zip 78014 (Cotulla, TX) is leaning conservative.
La Salle County, TX is somewhat conservative. In La Salle County, TX 43.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, La Salle county flipped strongly Republican, 55.5% to 43.7%.
La Salle county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78014 (Cotulla, TX) is leaning conservative.
Cotulla, Texas is leaning conservative.
La Salle County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Cotulla, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 78014 (Cotulla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)