The politics in 78370 Odem, TX are dominated by the Republican party. The city is represented in Congress by Congressman Michael Cloud, who was elected to represent Texas' 27th Congressional District in 2018. At the state level, Senator Juan Hinojosa and Representative Abel Herrero represent Odem in the Texas Legislature. Locally, Odem operates under a Council-Manager form of government with 5 members elected at large to serve as City Council members. The Mayor is also elected at-large and serves as the presiding officer of the City Council. Elections for City Council occur every two years on uniform election dates established by law. In addition to local elections, residents also have an opportunity to participate in national and state elections held throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 78370 (Odem, TX) is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, TX is strongly conservative. In San Patricio County, TX 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Patricio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
San Patricio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78370 (Odem, TX) is moderately conservative.
Odem, Texas is moderately conservative.
San Patricio County, Texas is strongly 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.
Odem, 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 78370 (Odem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $6,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $4,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)