San Antonio, TX is a vibrant city located in the heart of Texas with a population of over 1.5 million people. It is home to a number of local political candidates who all have their own respective agendas and seek to represent the interests of their constituents. In particular, 78217 San Antonio is represented by Joaquin Castro, an alumnus from Stanford University who serves as Congressman for Texas' 20th Congressional District. His record on voting has been highly favorable, particularly in terms of protecting civil rights and working to combat poverty in his district. Furthermore, he has worked actively to ensure that immigrants in the district are afforded rights such as access to healthcare services and educational opportunities. Additionally, other prominent local politicians include Mayor Ron Nirenberg and County Judge Nelson Wolff, both of whom are dedicated to promoting progress in the City and providing resources for San Antonio's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 78217 (San Antonio, TX) is somewhat 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 78217 (San Antonio, TX) is somewhat liberal.
San Antonio, Texas is somewhat 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 78217 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,234 contributions totaling $87,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 599 contributions totaling $305,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $510 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)