The politics in 78411 Corpus Christi, TX are heavily influenced by the city’s diverse population. This city is located along the Gulf of Mexico and has a large Hispanic population that makes up almost 50% of the total population. As a result, local political candidates typically focus on issues such as immigration reform, economic development, and access to quality healthcare for all citizens. In addition, due to the location of Corpus Christi and its proximity to Mexico, candidates are also concerned with border security and international trade agreements. The current mayor of Corpus Christi is Joe McComb who was elected in 2018 and is focused on maintaining a safe and prosperous environment for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 78411 (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 78411 (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 78411 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,109 contributions totaling $306,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 709 contributions totaling $242,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)