The politics in 78254 San Antonio, TX are mainly focused around the local government of San Antonio. It is home to the local municipal and county governments as well as representatives from the state legislature and Congress. People in 78254 have access to a wide variety of political leaders, including Mayor Ron Nirenberg and City Councilmembers Roberto Treviño, Ana Sandoval, Shirley Gonzales, Rebecca Viagran, John Courage, Manny Pelaez and Clayton Perry. Other local political figures include County Judge Nelson Wolff and Commissioners Sergio “Chico” Rodriguez, Rebeca Clay-Flores, Paul Elizondo and Tommy Calvert. Every two years Texas elects its 36 US Senators and Representatives to Congress. These people along with other local elected officials make up the political landscape of 78254 San Antonio, TX.
The political climate in Zip 78254 (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 78254 (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 78254 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 890 contributions totaling $36,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 425 contributions totaling $43,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)