Politics in 78216 San Antonio, TX are largely influenced by the Democratic Party. The most recent election in 2020 saw the current representative of the congressional district, Joaquin Castro, re-elected with a majority of the votes cast. Additionally, the mayor of San Antonio is Ron Nirenberg and almost all city council members are Democrats. Local elections often focus on issues such as infrastructure investment, public safety, urban housing development and educational reform. Other political issues that affect the area include health care availability and access to affordable housing for low-income families. Overall, 78216 San Antonio residents take an active interest in local politics and strive for a better future for their community.
The political climate in Zip 78216 (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 78216 (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 78216 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,572 contributions totaling $389,222 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 976 contributions totaling $733,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $752 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)