Politics in 78417 Corpus Christi, TX is an important topic for its residents and the surrounding areas. The city is served by a mayor-council government system with the mayor as the chief executive officer and the city council as the legislative body. Members of the City Council are elected from single-member districts to four year terms. The current Mayor is Joe McComb, who was elected in 2018. Corpus Christi also has several state representatives and senators that serve in Austin, Texas, along with a U.S. Representative from District 27 who works at the federal level. In addition to these leaders, there are many local candidates running for office that represent different aspects of the community, including education, public safety, economic development and more.
The political climate in Zip 78417 (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 78417 (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 78417 (Corpus Christi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)