Randolph Air Force Base (RAFB) in Randolph, TX is an important part of life in the surrounding area and is home to many active duty military personnel. Politics in Randolph AFB have traditionally been quite conservative with military personnel supporting both Democratic and Republican candidates for office. Local politicians are often supported by the base’s large active duty population and have been known to champion pro-military causes that benefit the base. In addition, local political candidates often hold public forums on the base, giving people living there the opportunity to voice their opinions and make informed decisions when it comes to elections. Overall, Randolph AFB politics tend to be conservative at its core but still open to listening to all points of view.
The political climate in Randolph AFB, TX is somewhat 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
Randolph AFB, TX is somewhat 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.
Randolph AFB, 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 Randolph AFB, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,546 contributions totaling $140,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,354 contributions totaling $393,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)