The city of Seguin, TX (78155) is governed by a mayor-council system. The mayor is elected in a general election for a two-year term while the five council members are elected in staggered terms with three positions up for election every two years. The current Mayor of Seguin is Don Keil, who was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2018. As for the council members, they include Jesus Chavez, Kurt Knobbe, John Hoelscher, David Ehrlich and Marsha Berchelman. Together, Mayor Keil and the Council Members strive to create policies that ensure the continued success of Seguin and its citizens. They work to ensure quality public services such as police protection, water distribution systems, environmental protection initiatives and much more. Additionally, they support economic development in the area through incentives such as tax abatements and special grants that help businesses grow and create jobs in the community.
The political climate in Zip 78155 (Seguin, TX) is moderately conservative.
Guadalupe County, TX is strongly conservative. In Guadalupe County, TX 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guadalupe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 37.0%.
Guadalupe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78155 (Seguin, TX) is moderately conservative.
Seguin, Texas is moderately conservative.
Guadalupe County, Texas is strongly 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.
Seguin, 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 78155 (Seguin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 612 contributions totaling $33,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 602 contributions totaling $66,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)