The town of Premont, TX is located in Jim Wells County and has a population of 2,535 people according to the most recent census. Politically, Premont is heavily Democratic. In the 2016 presidential election, over 70% of voters in Premont voted for the Democratic candidate. On the local level, there are many Democratic candidates running for office in the town. These include incumbent Mayor Lillian Gonzalez and Councilmember David Lopez as well as challenger Daniel Garza. Each candidate brings different perspectives to the table and will work hard to improve the community in any way they can if elected.
The political climate in Zip 78375 (Premont, TX) is leaning conservative.
Jim Wells County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Jim Wells County, TX 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jim Wells county flipped moderately Republican, 54.5% to 44.8%.
Jim Wells county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78375 (Premont, TX) is leaning conservative.
Premont, Texas is leaning conservative.
Jim Wells County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Alice Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Premont, Texas: D d 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 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 78375 (Premont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $2,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $6,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $874 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)