The San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area is an area rich in politics and civic engagement. The cities of San Antonio and New Braunfels are both located in Comal County, and the two communities work together to protect their respective interests. At the state level, there is a range of representation for the people of these cities, including Congressman John Carter representing Texas’ 31st Congressional District, and Senator Donna Campbell representing Texas Senate District 25. Locally, both cities have their own city councils that govern the region with laws and regulations that best suit their constituents’ needs. There are also several Mayors in this area that serve as leaders within their own communities. The elections for local candidates are held regularly with citizens from each community voting on who they want to represent them. The San Antonio-New Braunfels area is an example of effective political engagement at all levels of government.
The political climate in San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area remained moderately Democratic, 52.1% to 46.2%.
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-New Braunfels, Texas: R R r r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in San Antonio-New Braunfels Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78,601 contributions totaling $10,544,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40,142 contributions totaling $21,115,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)