Politics in 78209 San Antonio, TX are heavily influenced by the local and state governments. The district is represented by Joaquin Castro in the U.S. House of Representatives, Jose Menendez in the Texas Senate, and Roland Gutierrez in the Texas House of Representatives. All three politicians have worked together to pass legislation that will improve the lives of people living in 78209 San Antonio, TX through better education, employment opportunities, and funding for community projects. With a large population residing within the area, it is important to keep these politicians accountable for their promises and actions as they strive to make 78209 San Antonio, TX a better place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 78209 (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 78209 (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 78209 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,479 contributions totaling $1,564,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,827 contributions totaling $3,092,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $808 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)