Portland, TX is a small town located in 78374 zip code. It is situated on the Gulf Coast of Texas, and is home to about 8,000 people. The politics in Portland are overseen by the City Council, which consists of six members that are elected to serve two-year terms. The Mayor of Portland is also chosen from the City Council members. In addition to the City Council, the residents of Portland are represented by their State Senator and Representatives in Austin. They also have access to Hearings and Public Meetings held by their local politicians. Overall, Portland has an active political environment, with its citizens participating in important decisions about how their town is run.
The political climate in Zip 78374 (Portland, TX) is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, TX is strongly conservative. In San Patricio County, TX 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Patricio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
San Patricio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78374 (Portland, TX) is moderately conservative.
Portland, Texas is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Corpus Christi Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Portland, Texas: R R R R R R
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 78374 (Portland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 252 contributions totaling $9,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $64,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)