The city of Aransas Pass, TX (78336) has a mayor-council form of government. The current Mayor is Bob Gesch, who was elected in November 2020. The City Council consists of four members: Nuria Martinez, Kiki Cantu, Rudy Loeza and Abel Ramos. These four council members work together to make key decisions that affect the city’s residents. The Council meets regularly to discuss local issues such as zoning, budgeting and infrastructure improvements. Furthermore, the City Council works with local businesses and organizations to create economic development opportunities for the community. As a result, Aransas Pass continues to grow and develop while still staying true to its small town roots.
The political climate in Zip 78336 (Aransas Pass, TX) is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, TX is strongly conservative. In San Patricio County, TX 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Patricio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
San Patricio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78336 (Aransas Pass, TX) is moderately conservative.
Aransas Pass, Texas is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, Texas is strongly conservative.
Corpus Christi 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.
Aransas Pass, 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 78336 (Aransas Pass)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $3,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $58,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)