The politics of 78250 San Antonio, TX are largely driven by local issues. Issues such as education, transportation and infrastructure, public safety, economic growth and development, and health care have been at the forefront of recent local elections in this area. San Antonio residents also have a strong sense of civic engagement and participation in local politics. Local political candidates typically come from all walks of life and the city has become increasingly diverse in its representation of citizens. San Antonio City Council members are elected every two years by the people of 78250 San Antonio to represent their interests in city government. Residents of this area can register to vote at any time and voice their opinions on ballot initiatives or other matters that affect them directly through their local representatives.
The political climate in Zip 78250 (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 78250 (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 78250 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,914 contributions totaling $75,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 257 contributions totaling $27,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)