The city of Bandera, TX (78003) is a small community located in the heart of Texas Hill Country. It has a rich history and many local traditions that make it a unique place to live. The politics in Bandera are strongly rooted in conservative values, and the citizens are known for their strong support of traditional family values and limited government. In recent years, however, the area has seen an increase in more progressive candidates running for office, representing a wide variety of views on social issues. Local elections often include candidates from both major political parties competing for votes from all sectors of the community. At the state level, Bandera is represented by Republicans in both the Texas House and Senate.
The political climate in Zip 78003 (Bandera, TX) is very conservative.
Bandera County, TX is very conservative. In Bandera County, TX 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bandera county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.7%.
Bandera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78003 (Bandera, TX) is very conservative.
Bandera, Texas is very conservative.
Bandera 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.
Bandera, 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 78003 (Bandera)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $16,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $35,617 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)