The 78230 zip code in San Antonio, TX is home to a diverse and vibrant population of over 26,000 people. The area is represented by two members of the United States House of Representatives, Lloyd Doggett and Joaquin Castro. In the local government, councilman Roberto Treviño represents District 1 which includes the 78230 zip code. Councilman Treviño has worked to improve the quality of life for those living in his district by implementing projects that create jobs and help fund youth programs. He also serves on many committees such as the Bexar County Water Advisory Board and the Urban Environmental Accords Governing Board. Councilman Treviño holds weekly town hall meetings in order to hear directly from his constituents about their needs and concerns. Additionally, he participates in events throughout the year that are designed to support local businesses and community organizations.
The political climate in Zip 78230 (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 78230 (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 78230 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,426 contributions totaling $529,367 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,511 contributions totaling $1,260,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $834 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)