The small town of Lasara, TX (78561) is situated in Willacy County. The county is governed by the Willacy County Commissioners' Court, with the five-member court headed by a county judge. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and four city council members who serve terms of two years. Municipal issues such as budgeting, zoning, roads and police are all taken care of by the elected officials. In addition to these responsibilities, local political candidates also look at how they can improve the quality of life for the citizens living in Lasara. This includes improving housing conditions, infrastructure and educational opportunities. Overall, politicians in Lasara strive to ensure that their constituents have a better quality of life and are able to thrive within the community.
The political climate in Zip 78561 (Lasara, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Willacy County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Willacy County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Willacy county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 44.0%.
Willacy county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78561 (Lasara, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Lasara, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Willacy County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Raymondville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lasara, 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 78561 (Lasara)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $8 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)