Windcrest, TX is an active and growing community with a long-standing history of political involvement. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer and offering guidance to the council members. The City Council consists of seven members who represent different areas of the city. These officials are responsible for making decisions on local issues that affect Windcrest residents, such as zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, and budgeting. Additionally, Windcrest holds regular elections for its mayor and city council members. As part of their duties, these officials are tasked with engaging in dialogue with citizens to understand their needs and concerns and make sure that they get addressed in any decisions made by the governing body.
The political climate in Windcrest, 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
Windcrest, TX 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.
Windcrest, 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 Windcrest, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,123 contributions totaling $164,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,075 contributions totaling $591,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)