Comal County, Texas is located in the Hill Country region of the state. It is made up of 13 different cities and towns that are home to a variety of diverse individuals and communities. Politically, Comal County residents lean toward conservative ideals and values. The county is represented by two State Representatives, one Republican and one Democrat. At the federal level, Comal County is part of the 21st Congressional District, which is currently represented by Representative Chip Roy of the Republican party. Additionally, the county has its own elected officials on the Commissioners Court which includes five commissioners who manage daily government operations. During elections, citizens of Comal County have an opportunity to elect representatives for these offices as well as those on city councils for each town and city within the county. In addition to local politics, residents also take part in national elections every four years when they vote for their preferred presidential candidate.
The political climate in 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
Comal County, TX 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.
Comal, 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 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 Comal County, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,989 contributions totaling $428,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,856 contributions totaling $1,115,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)