Politics in 78045 Laredo, TX are dominated by the Democratic Party. In recent years, the city has seen a surge of support for progressive and liberal candidates. During the 2020 election cycle, many local residents voted for progressive candidates up-and-down the ballot. The current mayor of Laredo is Pete Saenz who was elected to office in 2014 as a Democrat. The City Council consists of seven members including District 6 representative Charlie San Miguel who is also a Democrat. Additionally, local Democrats have a strong presence in regional and state politics with State Representative Richard Flores and State Senator Judith Zaffirini representing the area in Austin.
The political climate in Zip 78045 (Laredo, TX) is moderately liberal.
Webb County, TX is moderately liberal. In Webb County, TX 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 37.8%.
Webb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78045 (Laredo, TX) is moderately liberal.
Laredo, Texas is moderately liberal.
Webb County, Texas is moderately liberal.
Laredo 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.
Laredo, 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 78045 (Laredo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,586 contributions totaling $374,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 464 contributions totaling $274,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $592 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)