Edinburg, TX, located in Hidalgo County, is home to a vibrant political scene. The city is governed by an elected Mayor, City Council and City Manager. There are several political organizations based in the city such as the Edinburg Citizens for Progress and the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. These organizations focus on issues like affordable housing, infrastructure improvements, economic development and education. In addition to these grassroots initiatives, several large businesses have established local offices here in order to grow and promote economic opportunities for the community. Political activism is alive in Edinburg with regular protests held at local government buildings and a strong presence at city council meetings. With its diverse population and wide range of political viewpoints, Edinburg residents have no shortage of ways to get involved in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 78542 (Edinburg, 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 78542 (Edinburg, TX) is moderately liberal.
Edinburg, 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.
Edinburg, 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 78542 (Edinburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $18,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $11,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)