Located in Bexar County, 78203 San Antonio is a bustling city full of unique culture and diverse people. As the seat of government for the county, 78203 San Antonio has an expansive political landscape that continually evolves as citizens engage in local issues. At the county level, Bexar County residents elect commissioners to represent their district on the Commissioners Court. This court oversees the budgeting process and ensures that tax revenue is allocated appropriately throughout the county. At the city level, San Antonio's mayor and city council members are elected by popular vote to oversee municipal operations ranging from public safety to land use policy. The politics in 78203 San Antonio also extends to federal levels through its representation in both US House of Representatives and Senate races. As such, politics in 78203 San Antonio have a major impact on local issues and how public policy affects all residents in the area.
The political climate in Zip 78203 (San Antonio, TX) is moderately liberal.
Bexar County, TX is moderately liberal. In Bexar County, TX 58.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bexar county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.2% to 40.1%.
Bexar county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 78203 (San Antonio, TX) is moderately liberal.
San Antonio, Texas is moderately liberal.
Bexar County, Texas is moderately liberal.
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.
San Antonio, Texas: r R d d D D
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 78203 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)