New Braunfels, TX 78130 has a vibrant political landscape that serves to shape the lives of its residents and visitors. It is home to many different civic organizations who encourage informed participation in the political process. The city is represented by several state representatives, state senators, representatives in the U.S. Congress and a mayor/city council form of government that governs all of New Braunfels. Local politics also plays an important role in shaping the community with topics ranging from economic development and infrastructure to education, public safety and social services. Local elections take place every two years and typically involve debates on various issues within the city limits such as taxation, debt management, growth policies, public services and more. Through careful consideration of each candidate’s platform and voting records, citizens can make educated decisions when it comes to selecting local leaders for New Braunfels’ future.
The political climate in Zip 78130 (New Braunfels, TX) is strongly conservative.
Comal County, TX is very conservative. In Comal County, TX 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Comal county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 27.9%.
Comal county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78130 (New Braunfels, TX) is strongly conservative.
New Braunfels, Texas is strongly conservative.
Comal County, Texas is very conservative.
San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Braunfels, 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 78130 (New Braunfels)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,852 contributions totaling $131,345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,501 contributions totaling $241,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)