Zip 78218 (San Antonio, TX) Voting


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The 78218 zip code in San Antonio, TX is part of the city's northwest side and is a very diverse area. It includes a variety of ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds which is reflective in the local politics. Many issues facing residents of 78218 are driven by their local representatives, who are often elected directly by the community. Local initiatives such as increased access to healthcare, educational equity, criminal justice reform and housing support are all popular topics within the region. The diversity of the community also allows for candidates to represent a multitude of views on these issues which helps shape the political landscape. Through its involvement and willingness to listen to its citizens, this area demonstrates an active political climate that can drive real change for its people.

The political climate in Zip 78218 (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 78218 (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 78218 (San Antonio)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 994 contributions totaling $92,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 318 contributions totaling $428,761 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,348 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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