Garden Ridge, TX is an unincorporated community in Comal County, Texas, located about 25 miles northeast of San Antonio. The city is known for its picturesque views of the Hill Country and its small-town charm. Though Garden Ridge is not an incorporated municipality, the area has a proud history of political involvement both locally and statewide. Residents are actively engaged in their local politics and keep close tabs on candidates running for office at all levels of government. Local elections often draw strong support from the community with many people eager to get out and vote. This enthusiasm for civic engagement speaks to the importance Garden Ridge places on protecting their way of life and preserving their small town values.
The political climate in Zip 78266 (Garden Ridge, 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
Zip 78266 (Garden Ridge, TX) is strongly conservative.
Garden Ridge, Texas 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.
Garden Ridge, 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 zip 78266 (Garden Ridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $29,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $92,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)