Balcones Heights, TX is a small town located in Bexar County. Politically, the town is generally considered to be conservative. Balcones Heights holds local elections every two years for the mayor and council members, allowing citizens to have their voices heard in shaping the future of their community. There are numerous political organizations in Balcones Heights that get involved in local elections and work to foster an informed electorate by connecting people with candidates who best represent their values. These organizations provide forums for candidates to discuss their platforms and policies, inform citizens on upcoming ballot initiatives, and actively engage the public through various events. This engagement helps ensure that residents of Balcones Heights stay up-to-date on important political issues and are well-represented by their elected officials.
The political climate in Balcones Heights, 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
Balcones Heights, TX 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.
Balcones Heights, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Balcones Heights, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,764 contributions totaling $428,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 940 contributions totaling $616,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $656 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)