San Perlita, TX is a small city located in Cameron County, on the southernmost tip of Texas. It has a population of around 1,760 people and is served by the San Perlita Independent School District. The city operates under a mayor-council form of government with a mayor, four council members and five other elected officials representing the town's various districts. The current mayor is Mario Lopez, who was first elected to office in 2013. He works closely with the town council to make sure that San Perlita remains a safe and welcoming community for all its residents. Additionally, every two years citizens have the opportunity to vote for their local political candidates in both local and national elections. These elections allow residents to have their voices heard and ultimately decide who will be representing them on important issues such as taxes, public safety and education policy.
The political climate in Zip 78590 (San Perlita, 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 78590 (San Perlita, TX) is somewhat liberal.
San Perlita, 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.
San Perlita, 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 78590 (San Perlita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)