Corpus Christi, Texas is located in Nueces County and has a population of 325,605 according to the 2019 United States Census. The political landscape in Corpus Christi is home to a number of local political candidates, ranging from city council, school board members, to various offices held in the state government. Currently, there are four major City Council seats up for election this year. Additionally, two State Representatives and one State Senator represent Corpus Christi’s constituents on the legislative floor. On the federal level, Congressman Michael Cloud represents Nueces County for Congress District 27 of Texas and Ruben Hinojosa is running for re-election as a U.S. Representative for District 15 of Texas.
The political climate in Zip 78409 (Corpus Christi, TX) is leaning liberal.
Nueces County, TX is leaning conservative. In Nueces County, TX 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nueces county remained Republican, 50.8% to 47.9%.
Nueces county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78409 (Corpus Christi, TX) is leaning liberal.
Corpus Christi, Texas is leaning liberal.
Nueces County, Texas is leaning 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.
Corpus Christi, 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 78409 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)