Edinburg, TX 78541 is a small city located in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. It is home to the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley and serves as both an economic hub and an educational center for the region. Politically, Edinburg is a Democratic stronghold; in 2020 it recorded a turnout rate of 81% in presidential elections, with over 90% of its votes going to the democratic candidate. Though there are no local political candidates based in Edinburg itself, it lies within Hidalgo County's House District 40, which is currently represented by Eddie Lucio III from Brownsville. With his ties to current president Joe Biden, Lucio III has helped to bring greater attention and resources to the region while advocating for progressive policies such as healthcare reform and improved environmental protection measures.
The political climate in Zip 78541 (Edinburg, TX) is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, TX is moderately liberal. In Hidalgo County, TX 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 41.0%.
Hidalgo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78541 (Edinburg, TX) is moderately liberal.
Edinburg, Texas is moderately liberal.
Hidalgo County, Texas is moderately liberal.
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission Metro Area is moderately 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.
Edinburg, 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 78541 (Edinburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $45,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $48,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $439 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)