In San Antonio, 78224, politics is an important part of the community. The city is governed by a mayor and council system, with the mayor elected directly by residents. The current Mayor of San Antonio is Ron Nirenberg, who was elected in 2017 after defeating incumbent Ivy Taylor in a runoff election with 55% of votes. In addition to the mayor, there are 10 council members representing each district of the city. All members are elected to serve two-year terms with no limits on how many terms a council member may serve. Elections for the mayor and council are held every two years during odd-numbered years. Voters also have opportunities to weigh in on important local issues through referendums that appear on the ballot from time to time. Political engagement in San Antonio is high; voter turnout for both municipal and state elections typically exceeds national averages.
The political climate in Zip 78224 (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 78224 (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 78224 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $10,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $54,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $898 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)