Corpus Christi, TX is a vibrant coastal city located in South Texas. The population of this city is around 326,000 people and it is the 8th largest city in the state. Politically, Corpus Christi leans slightly to the left of center. Currently, the city council is made up of five members who have all been elected at-large to staggered two-year terms. The current mayor is Joe McComb who was first elected in 2017, after serving eight years on the City Council from 2008 to 2016. In addition to the City Council and Mayor, Corpus Christi has a large number of local political candidates running for office in various capacities. These candidates cover a wide range of views and ideologies, giving voters an array of options when they go to cast their ballot each election season.
The political climate in Zip 78413 (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 78413 (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 78413 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,332 contributions totaling $111,447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 812 contributions totaling $268,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)