The city of Rio Hondo, TX is located in Cameron County and has a population of around 3,360 people. It is a small city with a rich history and culture. Politically, the city is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of Rio Hondo is Daniel Flores and the local council members are Hector Badillo Jr., Miguel Sifuentes Jr., Arnoldo Cadena Jr., Martha Pizana, Frankie De Leon Sr., and Martha Sanchez. All elected officials work diligently to ensure that the city's residents have access to services such as education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development opportunities and more. They strive to make sure that the citizens of Rio Hondo have their voices heard when it comes to deciding how their tax money should be used. The city also works to ensure that all citizens are treated fairly within the political system and that everyone's rights are respected.
The political climate in Zip 78583 (Rio Hondo, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Cameron County, TX 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cameron county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Cameron county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78583 (Rio Hondo, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Rio Hondo, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Cameron County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Brownsville-Harlingen 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.
Rio Hondo, Texas: d r 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 78583 (Rio Hondo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $5,779 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)