78870 Knippa, TX is a small unincorporated town located in Uvalde County. It is home to only about 300 people and the community is tight-knit, largely rural, and slow-paced. Politically, the town of 78870 Knippa has traditionally leaned conservative due to its rural nature. The main local political candidates are those running for the positions of Uvalde County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3, and Uvalde County Constable for Precinct 1. However, as with most areas in recent years voter turnout in 78870 Knippa has increased significantly due to changes in political climate and engagement from local activists. As such, the local politics have seen shifts towards more progressive policies as well as increased attention on issues specific to this small community.
The political climate in Zip 78870 (Knippa, TX) is moderately conservative.
Uvalde County, TX is moderately conservative. In Uvalde County, TX 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Uvalde county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 39.4%.
Uvalde county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78870 (Knippa, TX) is moderately conservative.
Knippa, Texas is moderately conservative.
Uvalde County, Texas is moderately conservative.
Uvalde Metro Area is moderately 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.
Knippa, 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 78870 (Knippa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)