The small town of Martindale, TX (zip code 78655) is located in the beautiful Central Texas Hill Country. It has a small but passionate community that takes pride in its local politics and leaders. The city council consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms and serve as the governing body for the town. They are responsible for making important decisions about the city’s finances, services, and laws. The mayor is elected separately from the city council members and presides over meetings of the council while also serving various other roles such as setting policy, developing strategy, and signing official documents. In addition to these elected officials, Martindale also has a Vice Mayor who serves in an advisory role to provide senior counsel on issues related to municipal administration and public policies. The citizens of Martindale have consistently demonstrated their commitment to great local governance by electing capable leaders for both the city council and mayor's office.
The political climate in Zip 78655 (Martindale, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Caldwell County, TX is somewhat conservative. In Caldwell County, TX 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caldwell county remained moderately Republican, 53.6% to 44.6%.
Caldwell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78655 (Martindale, TX) is somewhat conservative.
Martindale, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Caldwell County, Texas is somewhat conservative.
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Martindale, 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 78655 (Martindale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $8,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $3,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)