The city of Castroville, TX (78009) is a small town located in the south-west region of the state. The city has an estimated population of 2,608 people with a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Despite its size, Castroville has many political representatives at both the local and national level. Representing the 78009 area in Congress are Henry Cuellar who is a Democrat for District 28, and Lamar Smith who is a Republican for District 21. At the state level, Ryan Guillen represents 78009 as a Democrat in Texas House District 31 and Judith Zaffirini represents them as a Democrat in Texas Senate District 21. These leaders work to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met while striving for greater public safety, economic prosperity, and overall advancement of their communities.
The political climate in Zip 78009 (Castroville, TX) is strongly conservative.
Medina County, TX is very conservative. In Medina County, TX 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Medina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.9%.
Medina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78009 (Castroville, TX) is strongly conservative.
Castroville, Texas is strongly conservative.
Medina 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.
Castroville, 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 78009 (Castroville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $5,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $18,949 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)