The city of Mission, Texas (78572) is located in the Rio Grande Valley and has a long-standing history of civic involvement. In recent years, its political landscape has become increasingly diverse and vibrant. Local politics are driven by the residents' commitment to their unique vision for Mission’s future. This passion comes alive through numerous initiatives including voter registration drives, public forums for candidates, and frequent town hall meetings. Mission’s local government is made up of a mayor, city council members, a municipal court judge, and many other officials who serve their community with integrity and dedication. The current mayor is Armando “Doc” O’caña, who was recently re-elected after running unopposed in the 2018 election. Local elections are held every two years in May or November; and during election season numerous candidates can be seen actively campaigning on behalf of themselves or a fellow candidate. Residents have an important voice in their community's politics and every vote makes a difference!
The political climate in Zip 78572 (Mission, TX) is somewhat 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 78572 (Mission, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Mission, Texas is somewhat 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.
Mission, 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 78572 (Mission)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 744 contributions totaling $315,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 423 contributions totaling $173,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)