The politics in 78416 Corpus Christi, TX are fairly diverse. While the city of Corpus Christi leans more conservative overall, there is a sizable population of progressive voters. The city does not have an elected mayor, but it has a five-member city council who each represent one of the five districts in the city. These five members are elected by popular vote and serve four year terms. Currently, the members of the council are Paulette Guajardo, Michael Hunter, Carolyn Vaughn, Gil Hernandez, andErich Schwab. All five of them are dedicated to serving their constituents and ensuring that Corpus Christi is a safe and prosperous place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 78416 (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 78416 (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 78416 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $2,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)