The small town of Staples, TX with the zip code 78670 is home to a close-knit community of around 1,400 people. The people of Staples take pride in their hometown and are passionate about making it a better place for all who live there. Locally, representatives from their City Council as well as candidates from both major political parties work to ensure that the needs of the people living in 78670 are met. From ensuring adequate infrastructure and public services to promoting economic development initiatives and advocating for increased funding for schools, these representatives strive to keep Staples a great place to live. Residents can also take part in local politics by voting in elections and joining community gatherings or meetings with their elected officials when possible.
The political climate in Zip 78670 (Staples, TX) is strongly 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 78670 (Staples, TX) is strongly conservative.
Staples, Texas is strongly 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.
Staples, 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 78670 (Staples)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)