The Raymondville area of 78580 is part of the Rio Grande Valley in deep South Texas. It is primarily a rural community, with many farms and ranches in the area. Political representation is provided at the state level by State Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa and State Representative Sergio Munoz Jr., both elected as democrats. At the local level, county commissioner Eduardo \"Eddie\" Cantu represents Raymondville on the Willacy County Commissioners Court. In addition, there are several mayors and city councils that serve the various towns in the surrounding area. The people in this region generally vote for candidates from both major parties, making for a diverse political landscape. Despite its rural setting, Raymondville remains an important hub for politics in Texas due to its proximity to state capitals like Austin and San Antonio.
The political climate in Zip 78580 (Raymondville, 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 78580 (Raymondville, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Raymondville, 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.
Raymondville, 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 78580 (Raymondville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $4,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $249,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)