The 78242 area of San Antonio, TX is governed by the city council and mayor. The city council consists of 10 members who are elected from single-member districts in order to serve four year terms. The Mayor is also elected from the same districts for a two-year term. Issues that have been recently discussed by the City Council include affordable housing, climate action, and public safety. There are numerous political candidates running to represent 78242 in these upcoming elections who offer different perspectives and solutions on how best to address issues affecting the area. It's important for residents living in this area to stay informed about their local political candidates so they can make an educated decision when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 78242 (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 78242 (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 78242 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $4,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)