The city of 78390 Taft, TX is a small community located in San Patricio County. While the population is not available, Taft residents make up a large percentage of the county’s total population and are represented by the same local political candidates as other San Patricio County citizens. During election season, registered voters in Taft have the opportunity to participate in local elections and select their representation at the state and federal levels. The local candidates offer platforms that strive to provide solutions for issues applicable to all of San Patricio County, while still addressing specific issues unique to Taft. Additionally, there are many voter initiatives that come up throughout the year which allow the people of Taft to express how they would like their tax dollars allocated throughout San Patricio County and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 78390 (Taft, 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 78390 (Taft, TX) is moderately conservative.
Taft, 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.
Taft, 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 78390 (Taft)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $2,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)