The politics in 78044 Colorado Acres, TX are largely driven by the local population. With a population of about 5,500, the community is small enough to be heavily impacted by each individual's voting decisions. Local political candidates often come from within the community and their campaigns focus on issues that directly affect people in 78044 Colorado Acres, TX. In recent years, the main topics of concern have been education funding, taxes and economic development initiatives. Many candidates also focus on environmental issues such as clean energy sources and water conservation efforts. The residents of 78044 Colorado Acres, TX take an active role in local politics and vote for candidates they believe can make a positive difference in the community.
The political climate in Zip 78044 (Colorado Acres, TX) is moderately liberal.
Webb County, TX is moderately liberal. In Webb County, TX 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 37.8%.
Webb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78044 (Colorado Acres, TX) is moderately liberal.
Colorado Acres, Texas is moderately liberal.
Webb County, Texas is moderately liberal.
Laredo Metro Area is moderately 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.
Colorado Acres, Texas: D D D D D D
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 78044 (Colorado Acres)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $6,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $127,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,648 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)