Vanderpool, TX is a small rural community located in the heart of Texas. Despite its small population, Vanderpool has a vibrant political scene. Local elections are held every two years to decide who will serve on the city council and mayor’s office. All candidates must live within the city limits and be registered voters in order to run for any office. The most recent election cycle saw five candidates vying for three open seats on the city council and one candidate campaigning for mayor of Vanderpool. The campaigns had a good turnout with nearly half of the town’s residents participating in the voting process. Ultimately, incumbents kept their positions while new blood was brought into office as well, offering fresh ideas and energy to help move the city forward. With local elections upcoming soon, all eyes will be on Vanderpool to see what changes may occur as voters decide who should lead their community into the future.
The political climate in Zip 78885 (Vanderpool, TX) is very conservative.
Bandera County, TX is very conservative. In Bandera County, TX 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bandera county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.7%.
Bandera county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78885 (Vanderpool, TX) is very conservative.
Vanderpool, Texas is very conservative.
Bandera County, Texas is very 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.
Vanderpool, 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 78885 (Vanderpool)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $12,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)