Roma, Texas is located in Starr County and is a small town with a population of about 10,000 people. The county is represented by various levels of government, from the local county district to the state level. At the local level, citizens of Starr County have the opportunity to elect officials to serve their community on the City Council and School Board. At the state level, Starr County is part of Texas Senate District 20 which includes parts of Hidalgo and Starr Counties and has been represented by Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa since 1997. Representing Roma at the US House level is Filemon Vela Jr., a Democrat who was elected to congress in 2012 and re-elected in 2018. Overall, politics in 78584 Roma, TX are heavily influenced by party affiliation as this heavily Democratic area tends to favor Democratic candidates over Republican ones.
The political climate in Zip 78584 (Roma, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, TX is leaning liberal. In Starr County, TX 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Starr county remained Democratic, 52.1% to 47.1%.
Starr county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78584 (Roma, TX) is somewhat liberal.
Roma, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Starr County, Texas is leaning liberal.
Rio Grande City-Roma Metro Area is leaning 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.
Roma, 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 78584 (Roma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $2,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)