Edcouch, TX, located in Hidalgo County, is an unincorporated community of just over 1000 residents. The town is located in the Rio Grande Valley and is known for its rich agricultural history with cotton as the main crop. Although it is an unincorporated area, Edcouch-Elsa still holds local elections for mayor and two trustees. These elections are held every three years with the most recent election being held in May of 2019. These three individuals make up the governing body that decides on issues such as zoning regulations, public safety and other local matters that affect the community. Additionally, the town has access to a number of state representatives who are responsible for representing their constituents at a state level and advocating for their interests. All in all, Edcouch-Elsa has a small but active political system which serves to ensure that local concerns are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 78538 (Edcouch, TX) is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, TX is moderately liberal. In Hidalgo County, TX 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
Hidalgo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78538 (Edcouch, TX) is moderately liberal.
Edcouch, Texas is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, Texas is moderately liberal.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately 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.
Edcouch, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 78538 (Edcouch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 166 contributions totaling $5,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)