Politics in 78410 Corpus Christi, TX are heavily influenced by local and national figures. On the local level, the mayor is Joe McComb, who has been in office since 2017. He is supported by a city council that consists of five members elected from single-member districts. The current city council members are Dr. Carolyn Vaughn, Rudy Garza Jr., Michael Hunter, Paulette Guajardo, and Greg Smith. At the state level, District 34 is represented by State Representative Todd Hunter and Senator Juan Hinojosa in the Texas Senate. In terms of national politics, Corpus Christi is part of Texas' 34th Congressional District which is currently represented by Congresswoman Filemon Vela. Most recently there was an election for the new Nueces County Judge in 2018 with Barbara Canales taking office as Nueces County's first female county judge.
The political climate in Zip 78410 (Corpus Christi, TX) is leaning conservative.
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 78410 (Corpus Christi, TX) is leaning conservative.
Corpus Christi, Texas is leaning conservative.
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 78410 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 356 contributions totaling $33,036 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $154,834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)