The city of Progreso, TX (78579) has a long history of involvement in local politics. The Progreso City Council is led by Mayor Jose Luis Alvarado and consists of five members who are elected at-large to serve two-year terms. The City Council is responsible for approving the budget for the city as well as passing ordinances and making decisions on important matters that affect the city's residents. Progreso also has an active mayor’s office which works to ensure that the city's needs are met and that its citizens are informed about upcoming events and changes within the community. As such, many local political candidates look to 78579 for support during election season. Local elections typically involve citizen participation through debates, forums, and voting booths. In addition, several local organizations provide information on the different candidates running for office to help voters make informed decisions when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 78579 (Progreso, TX) is moderately 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 78579 (Progreso, TX) is moderately liberal.
Progreso, Texas is moderately 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.
Progreso, 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 78579 (Progreso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $14,866 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)