The 78256 zip code in San Antonio, Texas has a vibrant political landscape. This area is home to many different state and local representatives who are dedicated to making sure the needs of their constituents are met. The Texas State Legislature houses several representatives whose districts include areas of 78256, including State Representative Leo Pacheco and Senator Donna Campbell. In addition, local municipal bodies such as the City Council of San Antonio have district-level members who represent parts of the zip code, like District 2's Jada Andrews-Sullivan or District 5's Shirley Gonzales. These local leaders are committed to advocating for their constituencies and helping improve their quality of life by providing important services and resources.
The political climate in Zip 78256 (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 78256 (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 78256 (San Antonio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 365 contributions totaling $57,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 195 contributions totaling $97,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)