Falfurrias, Texas is located in Brooks County and is surrounded by the beautiful South Texas Plains. Despite its small population when compared to larger cities nearby, Falfurrias has a rich political history and local political candidates have long been active in the area. The current Mayor of Falfurrias is Efrain E. Martinez and he was elected in 2017. He is running for re-election this year along with three other candidates, Arturo Sanchez Jr., Rey Gonzalez, and Noe Negron. Each candidate has different ideas about how to best serve their constituents and bring positive change to the town of Falfurrias. These candidates have hosted debates throughout the town to discuss their platforms on topics such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and public safety. As citizens of 78355 Falfurrias head to the polls this November they will be faced with an important decision to make that could shape the future of their community for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 78355 (Falfurrias, TX) is moderately liberal.
Brooks County, TX is moderately liberal. In Brooks County, TX 59.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brooks county remained very strongly Democratic, 59.2% to 40.2%.
Brooks county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78355 (Falfurrias, TX) is moderately liberal.
Falfurrias, Texas is moderately liberal.
Brooks County, Texas is moderately liberal.
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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.
Falfurrias, 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 78355 (Falfurrias)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $4,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $4,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)