The 78211 zip code of San Antonio, Texas is an area characterized by traditional mid-sized businesses, family homes, and a strong sense of community. Politically, the area is overwhelmingly represented by Democrats in the state legislature and Congress. In local politics, the current mayor of San Antonio is Ron Nirenberg from 2018 to 2020, with a re-election campaign expected in 2021. The Texas House Representative for District 125 includes parts of 78211 and is currently held by Philip Cortez (D). The District 24 Senator for TX State Senate is Jose Menendez (D). Overall, this zip code has high voter turnout for elections and overall supports progressive candidates who are committed to economic growth and building stronger communities.
The political climate in Zip 78211 (San Antonio, TX) is moderately 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 78211 (San Antonio, TX) is moderately liberal.
San Antonio, Texas is moderately 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 78211 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $9,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $3,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)