New Braunfels, TX is a city located in Comal County. It is known for its historical German culture and natural beauty along the rivers and lakefronts that flow through it. Politically, New Braunfels is mostly conservative. The county as a whole is typically Republican-leaning with most of the county comprising rural areas or exurbs of San Antonio. The city itself generally votes Democrat in local, state and national elections. There are several local political candidates who run for office in New Braunfels including Mayor Barron Casteel, District 1 City Council Member and Mayor Pro Tem Cynthia Brehm, District 2 Council Member Larry Alexander, District 3 Council Member Mark Goodner and District 4 Council Member Scott Watson. There may be other local candidates running for office but these are the most prominent at this time.
The political climate in Zip 78132 (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 78132 (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 78132 (New Braunfels)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,381 contributions totaling $139,323 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,077 contributions totaling $394,034 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $366 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)