Uvalde, TX is a small town in southwest Texas with a population of approximately 16,000. The city is governed by a mayor and six-person city council to make decisions for the community. The current mayor is Don McLaughlin, who was just elected for his fourth term in office. The six members of the city council are: Elvira Nuñez, John McCoy, Doug Calderon, Joe Gomez, Deanna Flores and Roberta Rojas. Together the mayor and city council work together to create policies that promote responsible economic growth while preserving the town's natural beauty and unique heritage. Uvalde residents are active politically speaking; they are passionate about making sure their voices are heard on matters such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and community development initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 78801 (Uvalde, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Uvalde County, TX is moderately conservative. In Uvalde County, TX 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Uvalde county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 39.4%.
Uvalde county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78801 (Uvalde, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Uvalde, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Uvalde County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Uvalde Metro Area is moderately 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.
Uvalde, 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 78801 (Uvalde)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $41,118 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $112,003 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)