Canyon Lake, TX is a small town located in Comal County, Texas. It has a local government that works to ensure the smooth functioning of the community. The Mayor of Canyon Lake is Michael Bennett, and there are four council members who serve as representatives for the citizens of Canyon Lake. They hold regular meetings to discuss issues affecting the community and decisions regarding local ordinances and regulations. They also work with other governing bodies in Comal County, such as the County Commissioner Court, to address political matters that affect the city. The City Council is responsible for providing public safety services, maintaining parks and recreation facilities, collecting taxes, managing zoning regulations and land use policies, and generally ensuring the well-being of its citizens.
The political climate in Canyon Lake, TX is strongly conservative.
Comal County, TX is very conservative. In Comal County, TX 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Comal county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 27.9%.
Comal county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canyon Lake, TX is strongly conservative.
Comal County, Texas is very conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels 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.
Canyon Lake, 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 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 Canyon Lake, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,887 contributions totaling $437,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,466 contributions totaling $1,129,116 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)