Corpus Christi, TX is a vibrant city located in Nueces County with a population of 325,605. It is the eighth-largest city in Texas and home to an active political scene. The city has its own mayor and seven-member City Council. At the county level, there are four Commissioners who serve on the Nueces County Commissioners Court, and each precinct in the county elects a Justice of the Peace. On the state level, Corpus Christi residents are represented by three US House Representatives – Filemon Vela (D), Henry Cuellar (D) and Michael Cloud (R). In addition, Corpus Christi is served by two State Senators – Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D) and Lois Kolkhorst (R). All of these politicians work together to craft policies that benefit the citizens of Corpus Christi and fight for their interests in Austin or Washington D.C.
The political climate in Zip 78414 (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 78414 (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 78414 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,065 contributions totaling $68,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 528 contributions totaling $154,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)