The city of San Antonio, TX is located in the 78223 zip code and it is a vibrant and diverse community. The city has maintained a healthy political climate throughout its history, with several different parties having representatives in local government. Currently, the mayor of San Antonio is Ron Nirenberg, who was re-elected for a second term in 2019. He is supported by a council made up of 10 members, representing various districts across the city. There are also numerous elected officials in various county and district offices that serve the citizens of San Antonio. These include judges, state senators, state representatives, congressional representatives, and school board members. All these elected officials help to shape the policies and decisions made at the local level that directly affect the lives of residents living in 78223 San Antonio TX.
The political climate in Zip 78223 (San Antonio, 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
Zip 78223 (San Antonio, TX) is somewhat liberal.
San Antonio, Texas 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.
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 78223 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 321 contributions totaling $29,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $34,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)