The politics in 78255 San Antonio, TX are quite diverse and vibrant. This area is connected to a number of different governmental districts, which helps ensure that the community is well represented in government. The city itself is divided up into various precincts, each with its own elected officials who serve as representatives for the people's interests in that particular district. There are also a number of state representatives who come from this area and serve the citizens of San Antonio in the Texas legislature. Each political party puts forth its own set of candidates when it comes time for elections, allowing residents to take part in determining the direction their local government will take. As can be seen, there is much to be said about the politics in 78255 San Antonio, TX and its importance to those living here.
The political climate in Zip 78255 (San Antonio, TX) is leaning 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 78255 (San Antonio, TX) is leaning liberal.
San Antonio, Texas is leaning 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 78255 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 611 contributions totaling $89,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 502 contributions totaling $120,148 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)