The city of La Joya, TX (78560) is a small city located in Hidalgo county. It is home to around 8,400 residents who are primarily of Hispanic descent. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the Mayor and five council members elected by the people to represent them and their interests. All local elections are nonpartisan, meaning political parties do not play a role in the election process. Local politics in La Joya are generally focused on community issues such as economic development, education, public safety, and infrastructure maintenance. The current Mayor and City Council have made strides in strengthening the economy by bringing new businesses into the area while also working to improve existing roads and other public works projects. Additionally, they have been able to provide more resources for educational opportunities for local citizens. As a result of this focus on local issues, La Joya has seen an improvement in its quality of life over recent years.
The political climate in Zip 78560 (La Joya, 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 78560 (La Joya, TX) is moderately liberal.
La Joya, 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.
La Joya, 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 78560 (La Joya)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $10,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,012 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,700 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)