In 78251 San Antonio, TX, politics is an important issue that affects the quality of life and well-being of its citizens. The city is represented by several local elected officials from each of the major political parties in the area. The current mayor of San Antonio is Ron Nirenberg, a member of the Democratic party who was elected in 2017. San Antonio also has many elected representatives from both the Texas House and Senate as well as county commissioners who are responsible for overseeing various aspects of local government. Overall, politics plays an important role in 78251 San Antonio, TX and its residents can be sure that their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that will shape their community.
The political climate in Zip 78251 (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 78251 (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 78251 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,256 contributions totaling $72,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $28,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)