Pearsall, TX is a small town located in southwest Texas near the San Antonio metropolitan area. Politically, the city is fairly conservative and has been included in U.S. congressional district 28 since 2003 which is represented by Republican Henry Cuellar. The city is served by several local councils who work to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. On a state level, Pearsall falls within Texas House District 74 which is represented by Democrat Tracy King and Texas Senate District 19 which is represented by Democrat Roland Gutierrez. At the federal level, Pearsall contributes to several conservative causes such as limited government spending and deregulation of businesses. All in all, it can be said that Pearsall, TX has a strong conservative political presence both locally and at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Pearsall, TX is leaning liberal.
Frio County, TX is leaning conservative. In Frio County, TX 45.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frio county flipped moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.9%.
Frio county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pearsall, TX is leaning liberal.
Frio County, Texas is leaning 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.
Pearsall, Texas: D r D D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pearsall, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $9,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)