Robstown, TX is a small town located in Nueces County in South Texas. The town has a long political history, with local candidates advocating for various issues that are important to the citizens of Robstown. The current mayor of the city is Rey Madrigal, who was elected in 2020 and has made it his mission to make Robstown a safe and prosperous place for all its citizens. Other local officials include City Commissioners Eduardo Anaya Jr., Christina Hernandez and George Ramos as well as County Judge Barbara Canales who oversee countywide policy-making decisions. Local elections are held every two years and are open to all residents of Robstown who wish to cast their vote on the upcoming ballot initiatives. In addition to local politics, Robstown also participates in national politics through its congressional representatives Filemon Vela Jr., Vicente González and Henry Cuellar. All three Congressmen have worked hard to ensure that Robstown has access to the resources it needs to thrive economically and socially.
The political climate in Zip 78380 (Robstown, TX) is leaning liberal.
Nueces County, TX is leaning conservative. In Nueces County, TX 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nueces county remained Republican, 50.8% to 47.9%.
Nueces county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78380 (Robstown, TX) is leaning liberal.
Robstown, Texas is leaning liberal.
Nueces County, Texas is leaning 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.
Robstown, 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 78380 (Robstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 366 contributions totaling $18,659 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $44,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)