The small town of 78598 Port Mansfield, TX is home to a population of around 400 people who take great pride in their local community. Politically, the town tends to lean towards conservative values with a majority of residents voting Republican in presidential elections. However, when it comes to local politics, the candidates are often independent and non-partisan, so the residents have the freedom to choose whichever candidate they feel best represents their interests. The political landscape in 78598 Port Mansfield, TX is constantly changing, but the people remain supportive of each other regardless of party affiliation or opinion.
The political climate in Zip 78598 (Port Mansfield, 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 78598 (Port Mansfield, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Port Mansfield, 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.
Port Mansfield, 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 78598 (Port Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,495 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)