San Antonio, TX is a bustling city with a population of over 1.5 million people. This large population means that politics in San Antonio are incredibly important to the people in the area. The city has an elected mayor and 10 City Council members who serve as representatives for their respective districts. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for setting the policy for all of San Antonio and ensuring that the citizens are provided necessary services such as public safety, infrastructure investments, and education opportunities. Additionally, local elections are held every two years to determine which candidates will be chosen to serve on the City Council. All of these efforts work together to ensure that San Antonio's government works efficiently and effectively for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 78225 (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 78225 (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 78225 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $4,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)