The politics in 78253 San Antonio, TX are strongly driven by local elections, as the citizens of this zip code are deeply invested in the issues that affect their lives. The local city council represents the interests of the residents and decisions made at this level have a direct influence on their quality of life. Many candidates for local office come from within 78253 and their campaigns focus on how they can best serve their community. Voters often look closely at these candidates' qualifications, stances on different issues, and track records to make an informed decision about who will best represent them. Additionally, civic engagement is high in San Antonio as residents take part in initiatives and advocacy efforts to effect change.
The political climate in Zip 78253 (San Antonio, 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
Zip 78253 (San Antonio, TX) is leaning liberal.
San Antonio, Texas 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.
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 78253 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 945 contributions totaling $51,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $43,023 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)